ML Tech Lead; GenAI

As an ML Tech Lead, you'll provide technical leadership and mentorship for our ML engineering team in Colombia. You'll guide technical decisions, ensure code quality, mentor engineers, and help build a culture of technical excellence. Although this role is not a people‑management position, you will serve as the technical anchor and go‑to expert for the team.

• Technical Leadership (40%) – Set technical direction and standards for ML projects; make architectural decisions; review and approve technical designs; address technical debt; champion best practices; troubleshoot complex challenges; evaluate and introduce new technologies and tools.
• Mentorship & Team Development (35%) – Mentor junior and mid‑level ML engineers (2‑5 engineers); conduct technical code reviews; provide guidance on problem‑solving; help debug complex issues; create learning opportunities and growth paths; share knowledge through workshops and documentation; build technical competency across the team.
• Hands‑On Technical Work (25%) – Contribute code to critical or complex components; build proof‑of‑concepts for new approaches; tackle highest‑risk technical challenges; develop reusable ML accelerators and frameworks; maintain technical credibility through active coding.

• ML Engineering Excellence – Deep ML expertise across multiple domains; production‑grade ML systems experience; scalable, maintainable architecture design; MLOps understanding; modern LLM‑based application experience; exemplary coding standards.
• Technical Breadth – Proficiency in Tensor Flow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn; advanced AWS experience; data pipeline and infrastructure knowledge; distributed system design; ML model and infrastructure optimization.
• Software Engineering – Clean, maintainable code; unit, integration, ML‑specific testing practices; advanced Git workflows; CI/CD for ML pipelines; comprehensive technical documentation.

We may use artificial intelligence tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.