Senior ML Engineer

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  • Job type

    Contract
  • Location

    Toronto
  • Profession

    Data & Advanced Analytics
  • Industry

    Retail & Consumer Goods
  • Pay

    Flexible
  • Closing date

    5 Feb 2026

Hiring a Senior ML Engineer

Your new company
Join a leading retail company that is dedicated to providing exceptional customer experiences and innovative solutions. This organization is committed to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business growth and enhance operational efficiency.


Your new role
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will set the technical direction for a domain, select architectures and metrics, harden pipelines at scale, mentor engineers, and consistently land measurable wins. Your tasks will include:
  • Architecting and implementing advanced deep learning models for multimodal You will design and productionize ML pipelines from feature generation through training, validation, model registry, deployment, monitoring, and retraining.
  • You will train and serve models (not necessarily LLMs) for one or more domains such as recommendations, search/ranking, time-series forecasting, or operations research.
  • You will define sound experimental designs (A/B and offline/online alignment), choose appropriate metrics (e.g., NDCG, CTR, MAPE, cost), and guard against leakage.
  • You will deploy models via batch, streaming, or real-time inference using platforms such as MLflow/W&B, Triton/ONNX/TorchServe, and Airflow/Kubeflow, with clear SLOs for drift and performance.
  • You will collaborate with engineering to ensure maintainable services and with product team to translate business objectives into model goals.


What you'll need to succeed
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
  • 7+ years of experience in machine learning engineering, with a focus on recommendation systems or personalization
  • You have strong applied ML foundations, including data splitting strategies, regularization, calibration, and interpretability.
  • You have practical experience in at least one of the following: recommendation systems, search/ranking, forecasting, or operations research.
  • You understand deployment of ML models and pipelines in production environments and are comfortable with CI/CD for models.


What you'll get in return
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • A collaborative and inclusive work environment
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies and projects
  • The chance to work with industry leaders and innovators


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