Senior Machine Learning Developer

About the Studio:

Drive Ventures, Optimize Operations with AltaML’s Venture Studio!

AltaML’s Venture Studio builds and invests in early-stage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) companies. The Studio helps founders and startups fast-track their journey from zero to one by providing technical expertise, managing operational details, and incorporating insights from our corporate labs to build innovative applied AI ventures. By bringing together talent, capital, and expertise in AI/ML, the Studio elevates ideas with a competitive edge and transforms them into high-performing companies. 

Whether the concept originates from founders, internal ideation or the services side of the business, the Studio catalyzes venture inception - evaluating and selecting ideas that will drive transformative change and unlock boundless human potential. The team is dedicated to identifying exceptional founders and collaborating with them to nurture these groundbreaking ventures, propelling their advancement toward Series A.

About the Role:

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at AltaML’s AI Venture Studio, you will play a pivotal role in building and scaling high-impact AI focused early stage venture ideas. Your work will bridge innovation and execution, where you will rapidly prototype end-to-end machine learning solutions, collaborate closely with product managers and founders to shape venture roadmaps, and apply technical due diligence to evaluate venture ideas. This position is ideal for an engineer with a strong foundation in classical machine learning techniques, coupled with experience in transformer-based models across multiple data modalities. You will thrive in AltaML's fast-paced environment, iterating quickly and shipping valuable AI-driven features.

• Rapid Prototyping and Development: Build end-to-end AI/ML solutions from ideation to production, focusing on developing solutions that meet business objectives.
• Product Roadmap Collaboration: Partner with product managers and stakeholders to define and refine venture roadmaps, ensuring alignment between technical capabilities and business goals.
• Technical Due Diligence: Assess and evaluate the feasibility and potential impact of venture ideas from a technical standpoint, helping identify key risks and opportunities.
• Hands-On Leadership: Working along with the lead engineer to help with system design decisions. Review PRs and contribute to the codebase.   .
• Continuous Iteration and Feature Shipping: Implement and iterate on features quickly, responding to the dynamic needs of ventures in AltaML’s high-speed innovation environment.
• Process and Quality Improvement: Contribute to enhancing internal processes, tooling, and development standards in the Venture Studio.

• 3+ Years of Applied AI/ML Experience: Proven experience in developing and deploying machine learning models, with demonstrated expertise in both classical machine learning techniques and transformer-based models across multiple data modalities.
• Technical Leadership and Project Ownership: A track record of leading ML projects or serving as a senior technical resource, with experience in applying machine learning solutions within dynamic and fast-paced environments.
• Collaboration Skills: Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, especially with product managers, to drive roadmap alignment and venture success.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or Related Field: A solid academic background in a relevant field, with a master’s preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Software Development and Best Practices: Proficiency in Python and associated libraries (e.g., Pandas, Scikit-learn), experience with popular foundational model APIs, familiarity in software engineering best practices.
• Innovation-Driven Mindset: Passion for applying AI/ML to drive tangible business outcomes, paired with a keen interest in venture building within an AI-focused startup environment.

About AltaML:

AltaML is a leading North American applied AI company with extensive experience in building and operationalizing AI software solutions in 3 forms: The Services we offer, the Reusable IP that allows us to build faster, and the product solutions we develop through our Venture Studio. Together, this forms our business model and allows us to truly elevate our human potential through Applied AI.

We are a company like no other – we believe in making small bets, failing fast, and being better together. We are looking for creative problem-solvers who obsess about the customer to find wins across different industries.

We don’t hire for fit; we hire to add. We are looking for people who play our core values of being: Agile, Gritty Humble, and Happy. If you’re passionate about AI/ML, thrive in a dynamic environment, and want to work with a diverse team of wickedly smart people, we want to hear from you!

Responsible AI (RAI)

AltaML employees, contractors, and associates must be trained and well-versed in the importance of Responsible AI and empowered to enact RAI principles by developing and deploying AI solutions. They should also be empowered to raise and escalate RAI concerns as required.

AltaML is responsible for elevating public discourse and awareness of AI through open, transparent communications with the broader public.

Equal Opportunities

AltaML is dedicated to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace as an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, encompassing ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, family status, age, nationality, and educational backgrounds. If you are invited for an interview and require accommodations during the interview process, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

AltaML acknowledges that its head office is located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.

We Look for A-Players Who:

- Express our core values

- Are hungry for knowledge

- Want to learn new skills

- Are respectful

- Collaborate with others across the whole company

- Share knowledge with coworkers

- Educate and promote AI and ML concepts both internally and externally

- Have a high work ethic and are self-motivated

Our Perks:

🌴Flexible Vacation - For all full time, permanent employees. Seriously, take the time you need - when you need it.

🚀Make an Impact - Witness the impact your work contribution has on the success of our company.

👩🏿‍💻Working with PhD and Master Level Colleagues - Endless conversations around the latest in Machine Learning and Applied AI.

🩺Competitive Benefits - For all full time, permanent employees.

🏢 Office as a Resource -  Hybrid work environment with state-of-the-art office spaces that ignite collaboration.

⚡Big Slack Energy - IYKYK.

Our Culture:

You will be working in a high-paced environment focused on creating unique ML solutions to problems across multiple industries to generate impactful value. You will be working at a company with employees who have multiple years of industrial and academic experience in data science, software engineering, product development, and machine learning fields.

You will be able to experience a collaborative company culture, which means we believe in working hard, getting the job done, and enjoying the group social on Fridays. You’ll also get flexibility in where you work, what hours you work, how much vacation you take, and what you wear. We expect hard work but respect work/life balance.

Core Values:

At AltaML, we are driven by our core values. We believe that by embodying these values in everything we do, we will exceed our customer’s expectations while creating a positive and empowering work environment for our team members. We are dedicated to living our values and strive to make them the foundation for our success. 

Gritty - We are entrepreneurial, determined, and resilient, pushing through challenges to achieve our goals.

Agile - We make decisions based on “little bets” creating a safe space to take risks. We embrace an interactive process, allowing ideas to fail quickly or be scaled iteratively. Together, we continuously refine and improve our approach to reach the desired outcome. 

Humble - We listen to data, embrace new ideas, admit limitations and take ownership to solve problems. We constantly push ourselves to improve and excel.  

Happy - We ignite passion and purpose by fostering a dynamic work environment. We encourage tap dancing to work, common sense over rules, empowering team members to find joy in their contributions, and being your authentic self.