Machine Learning Engineer

Description Location : onsite 5 days / week in Willis Tower, downtown Chicago

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Key Responsibilities

End-to-end design & delivery of ML solutions (data ingestion, feature engineering, training, validation, deployment, monitoring).

Architecting a highly available, secure, cloud / on-prem hybrid ML infrastructure.

Lead implementation of CI / CD for models (testing, rollout, rollback, governance).

Partner with algorithm scientists to translate ideas into production-ready code.

Ensure regulatory & privacy compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, SaMD) in pipelines.

Evaluate emerging GenAI tools, multimodal techniques, and HW accelerators; pilot where valuable.

Mentor scientists and engineers, establish coding standards, and conduct design reviews.

Required Qualifications

8 + yrs software / ML engineering, incl. 3 + yrs architecting production ML systems.

Strong domain knowledge and experience in medical signal and image processing

Background or experience with medical devices is strongly preferred.

Deep expertise in Python; proficiency in one systems language (C++ / Go / Java).

Strong working knowledge of PyTorch / TensorFlow / JAX, distributed training, and GPU optimization.

Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, ML orchestration (Kubeflow, Airflow, Prefect), and model registries (MLflow).

Experience operating in a regulated or mission-critical environment.

Proven record of leading project teams or mentoring ML scientists and engineers; comfortable making architectural decisions and rallying others around them.

Preferred Qualifications

Background in signal processing, computer vision, or multimodal learning.

Prior involvement in FDA 510(k) / SaMD submissions or clinical-grade ML products.

Experience with data security, anonymization, synthetic data, and federated learning.

Publications, patents, or open-source leadership are a plus.

Demonstrated ability to scale yourself through others — e.g., setting coding standards, running design reviews, or leading guilds / chapters.

Soft Skills : Strategic mindset, bias for action, excellent written & verbal communication, team-first attitude.

Benefits :

York Solutions Offers a generous benefits package for eligible full-time employees :

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