Senior Machine Learning Engineer / Researcher (NYC)

Highlight AI is a cutting-edge desktop assistant designed to enhance productivity by seamlessly integrating with your workflow. We empower users to interact with any application using text and voice commands, eliminating the need to switch between tools. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer / Researcher, you will drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced ML models and systems that power our core product features.

Requirements

• A Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Math or equivalent experience.
• Solid understanding of ML fundamentals: supervised & unsupervised learning, deep learning, model evaluation metrics, deployment, inference latency trade-offs
• Familiarity with knowledge representation and retrieval: building or leveraging knowledge graphs, embeddings, and memory systems to support contextual inference and long-term model learning
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building machine learning models in production environments
• Experience deploying models at scale in production (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Experience with data engineering (ETL pipelines, feature stores, large datasets) and production-grade MLOps (CI/CD, monitoring, retraining workflows)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous equity package
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Parental leave
• Paid team lunches during the week