Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

Position Overview We are seeking a visionary Machine Learning Engineer Lead to spearhead our ML initiatives and drive innovation across the organization. This role combines technical leadership in cutting-edge research with the responsibility of building a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. You'll lead efforts to identify, evaluate, and prototype emerging ML technologies while establishing our company as a thought leader in the ML community. Applies AI and Machine Learning (AI / ML) principles to design, test, and scale frameworks, systems, and models for big data predictive applications. Develops AI / ML-powered solutions based on business needs. Researches, implements, and tests machine learning methods to create product features, automate workflows, extract insights from data, and improve data quality. Structures, trains, and deploys models to learn from complex data across multiple modalities (e.g., structured, unstructured, image, video, audio) to uncover patterns and develop practical solutions. Possesses deep knowledge in at least one sub-area of machine learning, such as deep learning, generative AI, computer vision, optimization, predictive models, or causal machine learning. WHAT YOU'LL DO : Key Responsibilities

• Accelerate ML development using AI tools for code generation, feature engineering, optimization, and validation
• Stay up to date with advancements in ML, AI, and emerging technologies
• Design, build, and maintain ML models, algorithms, and robust pipelines for data processing, training, and inference
• Optimize model performance, scalability, and reliability in production environments
• Collaborate cross-functionally to translate model insights into business value and communicate project updates
• Contribute to ML infrastructure improvements, best practices, and documentation
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate AI-enhanced models and establish automated monitoring frameworks.
• Establish AI governance practices including bias detection, interpretability, compliance monitoring, and responsible deployment.
• Mentor teams in AI adoption, share best practices, and promote responsible AI innovation culture.
• Lead AI transformation initiatives including tool evaluation, governance development, and strategic adoption planning.
• Analyzes complex data sets to solve real-world business and customer use cases.
• Performs end-to-end development of machine learning models
• May assist with or lead the development of industry whitepapers or other technical publications.
• Continuously evaluate AI processes for accuracy, efficiency, and business impact while staying current on emerging technologies.
• Design agentic workflows for autonomous training, data pipelines, and analytical problem solving appropriate to experience level.

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WHO YOU ARE : Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Leadership Expectations

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and / or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation / wellness days, and / or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants / employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.