Plaid
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded Insights
$229K–$315K
New York City Office +2 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Location
- New York City Office
Seattle Office
San Francisco HQ - Experience
- 6+ years in machine learning.
- Education
- Advanced degree or equivalent work experience in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related field.
About the job
Build and productionize machine learning features for Plaid’s consumer-facing app and other products, from opportunity discovery and experimentation through ongoing model monitoring and improvement.
What you'll do
- Identify and validate ML opportunities in Plaid datasets, then deploy models in customer-facing products.
- Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams to define ML problems, metrics, and product direction.
- Maintain and improve models using new features, retraining plans, and performance monitoring.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of machine learning experience, including deploying models in real-world, customer-facing systems.
- Experience taking ML systems from experimentation or proof of concept through production and ongoing improvement.
- Proficiency in SQL and Python, plus data visualization and analysis tools.
- Ability to analyze large, complex financial datasets and communicate technical decisions and outcomes to cross-functional partners.
Pay
$228,960 – $315,360 USD base salary
Tools
SQL, Python
AI focus
Develop and productionize machine learning-powered products and features, validate new ML opportunities, and monitor and improve deployed models.
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