Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI
Core
Building shared ML and AI infrastructure, specifically foundation models, to transform financial network data into scalable representations for Plaid's product suite.
Role type
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist)
Builds
Foundation models and scalable ML infrastructure
Domain
Fintech / Financial Data
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Transformers/LLMs/Foundation Models expertise, large-scale training, distributed training, Python, software engineering fundamentals, end-to-end production ownership, technical leadership, cross-team influence, mentorship
Preferred skills
Fintech domain experience, external publications, open-source contributions, ML platform capabilities
Technologies
Transformers, LLMs, Foundation Models, Python
Responsibilities
Owning end-to-end technical strategy for foundation models, driving research from experimentation to production, working across the full ML stack, setting technical direction and mentoring teams, helping consumers achieve financial freedom through ML capabilities
Seniority
Staff, technical leadership & strategy