Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Q2

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TXCary, North Carolina
Employment
Full-time
Posted
32 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 31, 2026

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Q2 Holdings is a cloud-based banking software company providing digital banking solutions to banks, credit unions, and alternative financial companies, including consumer and business banking platforms. Industry: Financial Technology & Digital Banking

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TL;DR · Senior Machine Learning Engineer

The Senior Machine Learning Engineer joins a fast-growing AI engineering team to build next-generation intelligent products for the financial services industry. This role involves designing and delivering production-ready AI solutions, including LLM agents with multi-step reasoning, prompt engineering, and retrieval capabilities. You will develop scalable evaluation pipelines to measure accuracy and latency, integrate agentic workflows with vector databases and microservices, and fine-tune domain-specific LLMs using SFT, LoRA, and PEFT. Key responsibilities include productionizing AI services across cloud architectures, implementing security guardrails, and managing data drift. Required skills include proficiency in Python and backend languages like C#, Java, or TypeScript. You will utilize Docker, Kubernetes, and MLOps practices to scale early-stage concepts into enterprise-grade software while navigating the technical tradeoffs of the evolving AI landscape.

What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn?

Median $235750 from 323 postings across 48 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and optimize production-ready LLM agents using prompt engineering, retrieval, memory, and tool-calling capabilities.
  • Develop scalable evaluation pipelines to measure accuracy, latency, cost efficiency, and hallucination rates.
  • Integrate agentic workflows with vector databases, microservices, and internal APIs for reliable context retrieval.
  • Fine-tune domain-specific LLMs using supervised fine-tuning, LoRA/PEFT, and preference optimization techniques.
  • Productionize AI services by implementing security guardrails, observability, and robust deployment pipelines.
  • Track production metrics to identify data drift and implement systematic retuning strategies for model performance.
  • Prototype emerging AI technologies and scale early-stage concepts into enterprise-grade software.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 5+ years of related experience, an advanced degree with 3+ years of experience, or equivalent practical work experience.
  • 5+ years of professional software/ML/AI engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of production systems.
  • Proficiency in Python and experience with backend languages such as C#, Java, or TypeScript.
  • Hands-on experience developing LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic workflows, and multi-step reasoning.
  • Proven track record building and operating AI/ML systems in production, including evaluation frameworks, monitoring, safety guardrails, and observability.
  • Experience deploying and scaling cloud-native infrastructure, containers, and automated pipelines.
  • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and MLOps practices (preferred).
  • Authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.

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