Machine Learning Engineer - Insurance AI

About the Role

We're looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to join our Insurance AI team. You'll be the engineering backbone for our Data Scientists, building and maintaining the ML infrastructure that turns models into reliable, scalable products. This role extends, adapts, and maintains existing robust ML tooling and pipelines for US-specific use cases, alongside the Sydney-based AI & Computer Vision team.

You'll work closely with Data Scientists in the US and ML Engineers in Australia, acting as the technical bridge that keeps both teams moving fast.

Own the ML engineering function for the US Insurance AI team. Build data and model pipelines, integrate with internal and external APIs, and ensure Data Scientists have the tools they need to ship models to production. Collaborate daily with the Sydney AICV team to leverage shared infrastructure and contribute improvements back.

Day to day, you ll write Python, wrangle data pipelines, debug production issues, and translate Data Scientist requirements into working systems. You ll use AWS, work with cloud-native technologies, and operate within an established MLOps framework.

• Build and maintain ML pipelines for data ingestion, feature processing, model training, deployment, and monitoring in AWS
• Extend and adapt existing tooling from our Sydney AICV team for US Insurance AI use cases
• Develop and support internal tools and frameworks that streamline experimentation and improve delivery speed
• Integrate internal and external APIs to connect datasets, models, and services
• Partner with Data Scientists to understand their workflow needs and translate them into scalable technical solutions
• Ensure infrastructure supports rapid experimentation while maintaining reliability, security, and scalability
• Collaborate with Technical Product Managers, API engineers, and platform teams to deploy models in production
• Contribute to a shared codebase through feature branches, pull requests, and code reviews

You ll need:

• 2-4 years as a Machine Learning Engineer or ML-focused Software Engineer
• Strong Python skills with a track record of writing clean, tested, production-grade code
• Hands-on experience with ML libraries like PyTorch, scikit-learn, and pandas
• Experience building and maintaining ML pipelines in production environments
• Solid SQL skills and familiarity with data engineering tools (Airflow, Spark, or dbt)
• The ability to jump into an existing codebase, understand it, and extend it
• Clear communication skills and comfort working across time zones

It would be great if you also have:

• AWS experience (S3, EC2, ECS, or similar)
• Experience consuming and integrating REST APIs at scale
• Docker and containerisation experience
• MLOps experience including CI/CD and model monitoring
• Familiarity with geospatial or aerial imagery data
• Experience with pipeline orchestration tools like Ray, Kubeflow, or Flyte

You re mid-career and self-sufficient. You don t need someone looking over your shoulder, but you also know when to ask questions. You d rather build on a solid foundation than start from scratch just to put your stamp on something. You communicate clearly, collaborate well with remote teams, and care about shipping things that actually work.

To help us get to know the real you: In your application, tell us about a specific ML pipeline you ve built or maintained and one thing you learned from it. Skip the AI-generated cover letters. We want to hear your voice.

Some of our benefits

Nearmap takes a holistic approach to our employees’ emotional, physical and financial wellness. Some of our current benefits include:

• Quarterly wellbeing day off - Four additional days off a year as your "YOU" days
• Company-sponsored volunteering days to give back
• Generous parental leave policies for growing families
• Access to Linked In Learning for continuous growth
• Discounted Health Insurance plans
• Monthly technology allowance
• Annual flu vaccinations and skin checks
• A Nearmap subscription (naturally!)

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