Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Note

The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Attentive is an AI marketing platform that focuses on 1:1 personalization, redefining brand and customer connections. The Senior Machine Learning Engineer will be responsible for building, scaling, and operating production-grade ML systems to drive real-time personalization across the platform.

Responsibilities

• You have a proven track record of building systems that maintain a high bar of quality
• You deeply loathe regressions and take proactive steps to protect against them through a variety of testing techniques
• You are a collaborator, technical leader, and a great communicator
• You are constantly improving the quality of the project you are working on, both via direct contributions as well as long-term advocacy for larger-scale changes
• You are enthusiastic about the high impact, fast-paced work environment of an late-stage startup

Skills

• 10+ years experience is ideal
• You have worked professionally building systems for 6+ years with experience on a single system long enough to see the consequences of your decisions
• Experience with TensorFlow/Pytorch, xgboost, pandas, matplotlib, SQL, Spark or similar tools
• You have proficiency or experience with Python
• You have extensive experience using machine learning and data analysis, or similar, to build scalable systems and data-driven products, working with cross-functional teams
• You have a proven track record of building scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analyses, model development, model validation, and model implementation from modern research
• You have led cross-functional machine learning projects across teams
• You have a proven track record of building systems that maintain a high bar of quality
• You deeply loathe regressions and take proactive steps to protect against them through a variety of testing techniques
• You are a collaborator, technical leader, and a great communicator
• You are constantly improving the quality of the project you are working on, both via direct contributions as well as long-term advocacy for larger-scale changes
• You are enthusiastic about the high impact, fast-paced work environment of an late-stage startup

Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits
• Health & wellness

Company Overview

• Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform that facilitates businesses with AI powered SMS and e-mail marketing solutions. It was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://attentive.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Attentive has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 18 in 2026, 32 in 2025, 21 in 2024, 9 in 2023, 8 in 2022, 8 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.