Staff Machine Learning Platform Engineer

About Forterra

Forterra is a leading provider of autonomous systems for ground-based movement in the working world. Amongst some of the earliest innovators in the field of driverless technology, Forterra is focused on building systems that protect front-line soldiers and enable civilian workers in our industrial base. Forterra is the go-to provider of ground autonomy solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense, which harnesses the technology for asymmetric warfare in critical conditions.

About the role

At Forterra, machine learning is core to our business. Whether it's perception, behavior generation, navigation or automating business workflows, machine learning helps us drive towards our mission to build the foundational platforms that enable an intelligent ecosystem to coordinate, adapt, and execute with speed and precision even in the uncertainty and disruption of modern conflict. This role will lead in architecting and building out the next generation of our machine learning platform.

What you'll do

• Architect, implement and maintain the next iteration of our machine learning platform.

• Collaborate closely with data scientists to identify and prioritize needs for our existing models and future plans for models.

• Plan how our machine learning platform will integrate with the broader data platform efficiently and effectively.

• Work closely with edge data, hardware and software engineers to ensure our training pipelines scale to meet cloud and edge needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years total experience in software development.

• 5+ years experience with machine learning platform development and administration (eg. Jupyter,Sagemaker, H20, Colab or similar).

• 5+ years experience with deploying models leveraging data science libraries and frameworks (eg. PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, XGBoost or similar).

• 5+ years developing and administering feature stores and feature servers (eg. Feast or similar), model registries (eg. Sagemaker model registry or similar) and workflow managers (eg. Airflow, Dagster or similar).

• 3+ years experience with monitoring machine learning models in production.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with distributed training pipelines (eg Ray or similar)

US Salary Range

$180,000 - $215,000

Location

Fully Remote w/ up to 25% travel

The salary range for this role is an estimate and is based on a wide variety of compensation factors. The salary offered to candidates will vary based on a variety of factors including (but not limited to) relevant work experience, education, specialized training, critical expertise, training, and more. Equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time, high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterra’s overall compensation package. In addition to base salary and equity, Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees including:

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

Your recruiter will be able to share more information about our salary and benefits offering during the hiring process.

CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY - This position may require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. For more information about U.S. Security Clearances: click here. 

Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer, providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in all personnel practices. Forterrans are unique, talented individuals who are united through a shared passion to deliver autonomous systems that enable national resilience and a robust supply chain.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any factor, including veteran and disability status, and criminal history, in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws.

Forterra is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.

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