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Senior Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Haystack
Mc Lean, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/12/2026
Join a leading financial services company at the forefront of technology innovation, dedicated to revolutionising banking through advanced data and machine learning. This organisation is committed to building cutting-edge solutions that impact millions of customers, offering a dynamic environment for growth and innovation.

The Role

  • Design, build, and deliver ML models and components to solve real-world business problems.
  • Influence ML infrastructure decisions with deep understanding of ML modeling techniques.
  • Solve complex problems by developing and validating ML models and automating deployments.
  • Collaborate within an Agile team to develop state-of-the-art big data and ML applications.
  • Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production environments.
  • Leverage and build cloud-based architectures to deliver optimized ML models at scale.

What You'll Need

  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • At least 8 years of experience in data-intensive solutions using distributed computing.
  • At least 4 years of programming experience with Python, Scala, or Java.
  • At least 3 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems.
  • At least 2 years of experience leading teams developing ML solutions.
  • Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform is a plus.

What's On Offer

  • Opportunity to work on challenging and impactful machine learning projects.
  • Continuous learning and application of the latest innovations in ML engineering.
  • Collaborative and cross-functional Agile team environment.
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Apply via Haystack today!

Salary : $229,900 - $262,400

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