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Machine Learning Engineer

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Summary

Clera, a small AI-powered recruitment tech startup, is hiring a mid-level Machine Learning Engineer in San Francisco (on-site/hybrid) to build and improve candidate-to-role matching and recommendation models, including data pipelines, production monitoring, and NLP experimentation using frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.

About the Role

We are a small, fast-moving AI-powered recruitment tech startup, and we are looking for a mid-level Machine Learning Engineer to help build and improve the core matching and recommendation systems that connect candidates with the right opportunities. This is a high-impact role at a company where your work will directly shape the product and the experience of thousands of job seekers and hiring teams.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and iterate on machine learning models that power candidate-to-role matching and personalization.

  • Work closely with the founding team to translate product goals into scalable ML solutions.

  • Develop and maintain data pipelines to support model training, evaluation, and deployment.

  • Monitor model performance in production and drive continuous improvements.

  • Contribute to research and experimentation on new AI techniques relevant to talent matching and natural language understanding.

What We're Looking For

  • 3 to 7 years of hands-on experience in machine learning engineering or a closely related role.

  • Strong fundamentals in computer science, statistics, or a related quantitative field.

  • Proven experience building and deploying ML models in production environments.

  • Proficiency with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, and familiarity with NLP techniques.

  • Comfort working across the full ML lifecycle, from data preparation through to model monitoring.

  • Experience at a high-performing technology company or consulting environment is a plus.

  • A bias toward action, strong ownership mentality, and comfort with ambiguity in a small team setting.

Location

Based in San Francisco, California. This is an on-site or hybrid role at our San Francisco office.

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