Machine Learning Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Machine Learning Engineering role at Nace AI. Palo Alto · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $168,000–$263,000.
Nace AI has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
aimlroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain ML systems from synthetic-data pipelines through training, debugging and model evaluation
- Fine-tune language models and apply meta-learning methods to improve how models generalize and use resources
- Bring newer machine-learning research into existing models, turning paper findings into production improvements
What you bring
- At least three years building and deploying machine-learning systems in production
- Practical experience training and tuning language and vision-language models, including pre-training, instruction tuning and alignment methods
- Strong Python skills, a computer science or related technical degree, and experience with deep-learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Experience serving and scaling inference for language or vision-language models, using frameworks such as vLLM or TGI
Who this fits
This mid-level, full-time role is based onsite in Palo Alto. It suits an engineer who can connect machine-learning research with production implementation and model serving.
From the employer
About Us:
At Nace AI, we are redefining how professional services operate by delivering Sovereign Specialized Intelligence. As an applied research and product company, we equip enterprises with a comprehensive AI stack to build customized, secure intelligence tailored to their unique business needs.
Driven by advanced Small Language Models and our dynamic metamodel framework, our flagship platforms - Nace Data Intelligence and the Nace SLM Cloud - enable true end-to-end business process automation. The result is transformative ROI: professional services firms using Nace AI are currently recovering 1,000 hours per client engagement, drastically reducing overhead and accelerating delivery.
The work we are doing has a meaningful impact across industries, and every hire at Nace AI plays a critical role in shaping the company’s trajectory. This is a unique opportunity to join a high conviction AI company at an early stage and directly influence its growth.
If building a world-class AI team from the ground up excites you, we’d love to talk.
Role Overview:
As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will play a central role in translating cutting-edge machine learning research into scalable, production-ready solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities where ML can drive product value, architect robust model-centric systems, and ensure their seamless integration into real-world applications. The role requires a strong balance between theoretical understanding and engineering execution, with a focus on building reliable, maintainable, and high-impact AI-driven features that align with Nace.AI’s strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, build, and maintain end-to-end ML systems, including synthetic data pipelines, model training, debugging, and performance evaluation.
Fine-tune large language models (LLMs) and implement meta-learning methods to enhance model generalization and efficiency.
Improve existing Nace.AI models by incorporating advancements from recent ML research.
Qualifications:
3+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning systems in production environments.
Hands-on experience training and fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLMs), including practical work with pre-training, instruction tuning, and alignment techniques (GRPO,RLHF/DPO/PPO).
Hands-on Experience with Deep Learning Models, especially Transformers.
Ability to translate cutting-edge research from papers into clean, production-ready code (Paper to Code).
Proven experience scaling inference infrastructure for LLMs/VLMs, including expertise in model serving frameworks like vLLM, TGI.
Proficient in Python with a strong track record of building substantial projects.
Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, design patterns).
BS degree in CS or related technical field.
Solid Experience with ML frameworks and libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow).
Self-starter comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of industry experience in machine learning engineering, with a track record of shipping LLM-based systems at scale.
MS/PhD in CS or related technical field.
Familiarity with data processing stacks such as Spark and Airflow.
Experience with multi-node GPU training.
Contributor to open-source ML projects.
Deep knowledge in Linear Programming.
Experience with advanced NLP and Multimodal post-training experience (e.g., model distillation, quantization, deployment optimization).
Experienced in inference time optimization, deep understanding of LLM serving optimizations for LLMs/VLMs.
Hands on experience with quantization techniques (AWQ, GPTQ, FP8/GGUF).