Principal ML Engineer, ML Platform Engineering

Northwind Robotics (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Northwind Robotics’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the critical resources they need to grow their business while also making it easy for buyers at Fortune 1000 companies to tap into global manufacturing capacity. Northwind Robotics is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join our core machine learning platform engineering team. In this role, you will partner closely with the AI/MLE leadership team to deliver the vision and technical implementation for the foundational infrastructure leveraged by Northwind Robotics’s AI/ML solutions, including the Instant Quoting Engine® and other AI/ML products powering the Northwind Robotics marketplace. This will be a high visibility role working hands-on to deliver a core aspect of the Northwind Robotics ecosystem. You will be given the opportunity to continually challenge yourself, drive innovation, have ownership of your work, and play a crucial role in the Northwind Robotics platform. Responsibilities: Hands-On Technical Leadership: Adopt a 'lead by example' approach by actively coding and troubleshooting, as well as creating documentation and technical diagrams. Teaching & Mentorship: You will serve as a mentor and guide to engineers across the organization, teaching and mentoring them to grow their skills. Code Review: You will do code review and mentor others within the organization regarding best practices in ML Engineering. Operational Excellence: Guarantee the delivery of superior infrastructure and software that not only meets but exceeds customer expectations, while aligning with the strategic business timelines. Collaborative Strategy: Forge strong partnerships with product managers, data scientists, and company leadership to promote a culture of open communication and integrated team dynamics. Guide Innovation: Champion the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, methodologies, and practices to enhance problem-solving efficiency and effectiveness across the AI/ML organization. Qualifications: At least 7 years of experience in machine learning engineering, software engineering, data science, or similar technical role. A bachelor’s degree is required, but an advanced degree (M.S. or PhD) in computer science, machine learning, AI, or a related field is preferred and may substitute for some years of experience. Demonstrated experience designing and deploying cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) to support machine learning, and machine learning models, with considerations for scale, reliability and security. Deep understanding of the machine learning lifecycle and related infrastructure needs - feature stores, a/b testing, model registration, drift detection, automated retraining, etc. Strong technical expertise. You will need to either have or demonstrate the ability ability to quickly build technical expertise in the following: Software engineering principles, including parallel and distributed computing, version control, reproducibility, and continuous integration. Machine learning techniques and algorithms, with emphasis on their impact to infrastructure implementation Including large-scale language and vision models (Transformers, GPT, VLMs, LLMs), deep learning (PyTorch, Tensorflow) Infrastructure as Code (IaC), especially Terraform REST API design and implementation Object oriented and functional programming in Python Multimodal data processing (e.g., combining text, image, and 3D data). Experience with AWS microservices including SageMaker, Service Catalog, IAM, Lambda, Cloudwatch, ECR, EKS, and Kinesis Containerization technologies (Docker and Kubernetes) Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, from executives to product managers and a wide variety of stakeholders and contributors Experience in the manufacturing, supply chain, or similar industries is a plus. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder (ITAR) The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $140,000- $182,000 annually + annual bonus depending on factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, and location. We also offer a competitive benefits package, including 401(k) match, medical, dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays, maternity and bonding leave; EAP, other wellbeing resources; and much more. #LI-Hybrid Northwind Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. For US based roles: Northwind Robotics participates in E-Verify and after a job offer is accepted, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.