Machine Learning Engineer; Associate

Machine Learning Engineer (Associate)

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We are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join the Data Science & Machine Learning team in our Commercial Digital practice, where you'll design, build, and deploy intelligent systems that solve complex business problems across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, and other commercial industries.

This isn't a research role or a support function—you'll own the full ML solution lifecycle from problem definition through production deployment. You'll work on systems that matter: forecasting models that inform multi-million-dollar decisions, agentic AI systems that automate complex workflows, and operational ML solutions that transform how enterprises run. Our clients are Fortune 500 companies looking for partners who can deliver, not just advise.

• Design and build end-to-end ML solutions—from data pipelines and feature engineering through model training, evaluation, and production deployment. You own the outcome, not just a piece of it.
• Develop both traditional ML and generative AI systems, including supervised/unsupervised learning, time-series forecasting, NLP, LLM applications, RAG architectures, and agent-based systems using frameworks like Agent Framework, Lang Chain, Lang Graph, or similar.
• Build financial and operational models that drive business decisions—demand forecasting, pricing optimization, risk scoring, anomaly detection, and process automation for commercial enterprises.
• Create production-grade APIs and services (FastAPI, Flask, or similar) that integrate ML capabilities into client systems and workflows.
• Implement MLOps practices—CI/CD pipelines, model versioning, monitoring, drift detection, and automated retraining to ensure solutions remain reliable in production.
• Collaborate directly with clients to understand business problems, translate requirements into technical solutions, and communicate results to both technical and executive audiences.

• 2+ years of hands‑on experience building and deploying ML solutions in production—not just notebooks and prototypes. You've trained models, put them into production, and maintained them.
• Strong Python and JavaScript programming skills with deep experience in the ML ecosystem (Num Py, Pandas, Scikit‑learn, PyTorch or Tensor Flow, etc.) and proficiency with JavaScript web app development.
• Solid foundation in ML fundamentals: supervised and unsupervised learning, model evaluation, feature engineering, hyperparameter tuning, and understanding of when different approaches are appropriate.
• Experience with cloud ML platforms, particularly Azure Machine Learning, with working knowledge of AWS Sage Maker or Google AI Platform. We’re platform‑flexible but Microsoft‑preferred.
• Proficiency with data platforms: SQL, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar. You’re comfortable working with large datasets and building data pipelines.
• Experience with LLMs and generative AI: prompt engineering, fine‑tuning, embeddings, RAG systems, or agent frameworks. You understand both the capabilities and limitations.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders and work effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Willingness to travel approximately 30% to client sites as needed.

• Experience in Financial Services, Manufacturing, or Energy & Utilities industries.
• Background in forecasting, optimization, or financial modeling applications.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensor Flow, fastai, Deep Speed, etc.
• Experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow and Weights & Biases.
• Contributions to open‑source projects or familiarity with open‑source ML tools and frameworks.
• Experience building agentic AI systems using Agent Framework (or predecessors), Lang Chain, Lang Graph, CrewAI, or similar frameworks.
• Cloud certifications (Azure AI Engineer, AWS ML Specialty, or Databricks ML Associate).
• Consulting experience or…