Staff Machine Learning Engineer

1 Year ago • 5 Years + • Research Development • $189,000 PA - $330,750 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Rippling is seeking a Staff+ Machine Learning Engineer to join their team, focusing on large language models (LLMs). The role involves collaborating with product teams to build user-facing tools, requiring cross-functional work and a high degree of ownership. Responsibilities include translating business requirements into models, designing and developing scalable ML pipelines for data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation. The engineer will also work with data engineers on data collection and preprocessing, implement models in production code (Python, Go), and stay updated with the latest ML research to enhance Rippling products.
Must have:
  • Ph.D. or equivalent in CS/Eng/Math + 5 years SWE
  • 5 years SWE with 4+ years in ad/recsys/risk/NLP
  • Hands-on programming (Python, Go, Java, C/C++)
  • Communicate complex technical ideas clearly
Good to have:
  • Experience with LLMs, pre-training and fine-tuning

Job Details

About Rippling


Rippling is the first way for businesses to manage all of their HR & IT—payroll, benefits, computers, apps, and more—in one unified workforce platform.


By connecting every business system to one source of truth for employee data, businesses can automate all of the manual work they normally need to do to make employee changes. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can just click a button and set up a new employees’ payroll, health insurance, work computer, and third-party apps—like Slack, Zoom, and Office 365—all within 90 seconds.


Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.


We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.



About the Role


We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff+ Machine Learning Engineer to join our team. As an engineer working on large language models (LLMs) at Rippling, you will work closely with product teams to build tools that people use. The work is necessarily cross-functional, and successful individuals on our team have an unusually high degree of ownership. Your expertise will contribute to the advancement of our organization's machine learning capabilities and drive innovation in our products and services. 


What you will do

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into models.
  • Design and develop scalable machine learning pipelines for data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation. You will work with data engineers to collect and preprocess data sets for model training.
  • Implement models in our production code base (primarily Python, Go).
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest research in ML and related fields, and apply this knowledge to improve Rippling products.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field AND 5 or more years full-time Software Engineering work experience; OR
  • 5 years full-time Software Engineering work experience, which includes 4+ years of software engineering experience in one or more of the following areas: advertising, recommendation systems, risk/fraud modeling, or natural language processing.
  • Comfortable with hands-on programming (eg, Python, Go, Java, C/C++) 
  • Ability to communicate complex technical ideas with clarity and precision.

Additional Qualifications

  • Experience with developing things that use large language models (LLMs) and familiarity with pre-training and fine-tuning techniques.


Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com


Rippling highly values in-office collaboration. Employees living within 30 miles of an office are expected to work onsite three days a week with those living 30-49.9 miles away expected to be in the office one day a week. Employees living over 50 miles away are required to relocate within 30 miles of an office. To enhance team cohesiveness, new employees are asked to work onsite three days a week for their first six months.


This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

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