Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI Quality

Block

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$228,700–$343,100 / yr
Posted
57 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $214k
This role $286k
$158k most similar roles pay here $363k

This role pays more than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $179,475–$247,731 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $286k versus about $214k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Block

Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is a financial technology company operating the Square merchant payments ecosystem, Cash App peer-to-peer payments, TIDAL music streaming, and Bitcoin-focused financial services. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments

Block currently has 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $217,800–$326,800 across 52 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI Quality

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI Quality, you will join the team building an intelligence layer to evaluate system behavior across millions of real-world interactions. You will lead the technical strategy and architecture for next-generation quality systems powered by LLMs and AI agents. Your daily work involves developing scalable systems that use behavioral signals to detect regressions, generate product insights, and establish evaluation frameworks for complex product surfaces. To succeed, you must possess expertise in LLMs, agents, retrieval architectures, and modern AI infrastructure. You will translate ambiguous organizational needs into technical roadmaps while mentoring engineers and influencing standards for reliable, trustworthy AI systems. This role focuses on the specific problem of using automated intelligence to measure, understand, and improve product quality at scale across various internal teams and diverse product surfaces.

What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?

Median $246394 from 172 postings across 28 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the technical strategy and architecture for AI-driven quality and evaluation systems across multiple product teams.
  • Develop scalable systems using LLMs, agents, and behavioral signals to detect regressions and generate product insights.
  • Define long-term approaches for measurement and quality intelligence across complex product surfaces.
  • Translate ambiguous organizational needs into clear technical roadmaps and platform capabilities.
  • Establish engineering standards and best practices for building reliable and trustworthy AI systems.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives involving product, infrastructure, data, and applied AI teams.
  • Mentor engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, and systems thinking.
  • Identify opportunities where AI can improve how teams debug and understand product behavior.

What we're looking for

  • You must have at least 5 years of experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, or applied AI.
  • You must have deep experience designing and shipping large-scale AI/ML systems in production environments.
  • You must possess strong expertise with LLMs, agents, evaluation systems, retrieval architectures, and modern AI infrastructure.
  • You must demonstrate the ability to lead ambiguous, high-impact technical initiatives from concept through adoption across multiple teams.
  • You must possess strong systems thinking and architectural judgment to balance experimentation, scalability, and operational rigor.
  • You must have experience defining technical strategy and influencing roadmaps beyond your immediate team.
  • You must possess excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills to align engineering, product, and organizational priorities.
  • You should have a track record of creating leverage through platforms, frameworks, and systems that enable other teams to move faster.

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