# Machine Learning Engineer > Raydar · New York, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-30 **Salary:** USD 250,000–330,000 **Workplace:** on_site ## Description About the company Our client is a fast-growing technology company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Apply machine learning in a live production environment, improving models that handle sensitive text and other data types. The work involves studying model weaknesses, preparing training data, running experiments and releasing measurable gains. It is a high-ownership position within a small, in-person engineering team. What you'll do \- Own a production model end to end, including retraining, failure analysis and release of measurable accuracy improvements. \- Design and scale data labeling approaches, including active learning and LLM-assisted review. \- Extend existing capabilities to new data types such as audio, video and tabular data. \- Combine rules-based methods, classical ML, fine-tuning and LLM techniques to solve entity recognition and resolution problems, choosing the approach based on evidence. \- Build evaluation benchmarks and experiment tooling so that improvements move from discovery to production faster and more repeatably. ## Requirements What we're looking for \- 3+ years of experience releasing and improving machine learning models in production. \- Strong Python software engineering skills, with experience in production-grade code rather than only exploratory notebooks. \- Experience working with AWS. \- Track record of investigating why a model underperforms on unfamiliar inputs, curating training data and lifting both precision and recall. \- Background in natural language processing, ideally with text extraction or entity-focused tasks. \- Experience expanding labeling throughput or adapting models to additional data types, plus familiarity with fine-tuning transformer models and inference optimization. \- Startup experience and a clear record of career progression. Bonus points \- STEM undergraduate degree from a highly ranked US university. ## Benefits Compensation and benefits \- Base salary: USD 250,000 to 330,000 per year \- Equity \- Health, dental and vision coverage \- Paid time off and company holidays \- Wellness benefits Location and work model \- New York, NY, United States \- On-site, 5 days per week in office \- Full-time ## Apply [Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/F87AFC4B23/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)