Jobs Companies Asapp Lead Machine Learning Engineer

About this Lead Machine Learning Engineer role at Asapp

Asapp · Hybrid · New York
At ASAPP, our mission is simple: deliver the best AI-powered customer experience—faster than anyone else. To achieve that, we’re guided by principles that shape how we think, build, and execute. We value customer obsession, purposeful speed, ownership, and a relentless focus on outcomes. ASAPP’s AI Engineering team is seeking an enterprising, talented and curious machine learning engineer. 
 
The AI Engineering team is responsible for working closely with the research and modeling teams to create state-of-the-art NLP models for specific tasks, and deploy them in a production setting designed to serve our customers at scale. We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to help build and evaluate the core intelligence behind our agentic AI systems. This role will play a key part in designing and owning evaluation frameworks that ensure quality, safety, and performance across complex agentic systems.
 
This a hybrid role with 10-12 days of in-office presence per month to balance flexibility with collaboration.

What you'll do

  • Design and development of ML evaluation systems for agentic and LLM-based architectures
  • Translate research ideas into production-grade ML systems with measurable impact
  • Partner closely with Research, Product, and Platform teams to productize experiments into robust AI solutions
  • Stay current with advancements in ML, NLP, and LLM systems, contributing actively to technical discussions across teams
  • Mentor and support other engineers through design reviews, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
  • What you'll need

  • Deep experience in NLP and modern ML systems, including hands-on experience with LLM-based or agentic systems.
  • Strong architectural skills, with proven experience designing complex software systems along with production experience with Python, AWS, Kubernetes, and/or Docker. 
  • Experience implementing technical solutions, tackling tough engineering problems to help build our products and a deep passion for Machine Learning.
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in CS or other related fields
  • Desire to learn new things, work closely with peers from different teams, and open to teach and learn from others.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the technical mentorship of junior and mid-level engineers, driving the adoption of best practices and ensuring architectural alignment for scalability and extensibility.
  • What we'd like to see

  • Experience building and evaluating agentic systems at scale. 
  • Production experience with LLM-centric services (e.g., inference, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring)
  • Familiarity with large-scale ML experimentation, benchmarking, or simulation framework
  • Knowledge of techniques for optimizing model architectures for faster inference
  • Experience with AWS, CI/CD, Kafka, Athena

  • Benefits include:
     
    Competitive compensation with stock options
    Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance
    401k matching
    Fitness and wellness stipend
    Mental well-being benefits
    Professional learning and development stipend
    Parental leave, including adoptive and foster parents
    3 weeks paid time off (increases with tenure) along with sick leave, bereavement and jury duty
     
    ASAPP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. If you have a disability and need assistance with our employment application process, please email us at [email protected] to obtain assistance. #LI-AG1 #LI-Hybrid
    Ready to apply to Asapp?
    Apply to Asapp

    Similar jobs

    Roku
    Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
    Roku
    ⚡ Apply early New York, New York Onsite $195,000–$510,000
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
    Roku
    Senior Machine Learning Engineer
    Roku
    ⚡ Apply early New York, New York Onsite $229,500–$360,000
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
    Tubi
    Staff Software Engineer, ML Infra & Distributed Systems
    Tubi
    ⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles... Hybrid $227,200–$324,500
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 17h ago
    Mercury
    Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer
    Mercury
    ⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA, New York, N... · location restricted
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
    Haus Analytics
    Staff Machine Learning Engineer - New York
    Haus Analytics
    ⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $250,000–$270,000
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
    Reddit
    Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Notifications Relevance
    Reddit
    ⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $230,000–$322,000
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 23h ago
    Datadog
    Staff Software Engineer - ML Observability
    Datadog
    ⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Ne... Onsite $234,000–$300,000
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
    Rain
    Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
    Rain
    ⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $170,000–$240,000
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
    Jump Trading
    Campus AI Research Engineer – Deep Learning (Full-Time)
    Jump Trading
    ⚡ Apply early Chicago; New York Onsite $300,000–$300,000
    ● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago

    Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

    More jobs at Asapp

    See all jobs at Asapp →

    Apply now
    🤖

    Whoa — hold up

    JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

    Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

    Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

    Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

    Create free account

    Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

    Get an edge on your job hunt.

    Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

    Join the channel — it's free