Staff Machine Learning Platform Engineer

Ontra is a remote-first company, with access to coworking spaces and offices in a few key cities for employees who may prefer in-person working options. We value connection, investing in opportunities for in-person and virtual gatherings with your Ontra colleagues.
We currently are able to hire exclusively in the locations listed below. Select jobs may have more specific location requirements due to business needs.
United States
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
APAC
Hong Kong, Singapore
EMEA
United Kingdom
For this job we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States.
About the team & opportunity
Ontra is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Platform Engineer reporting to our Manager, Machine Learning Platform.
The role is a great opportunity for someone who wants to build, design and implement cutting-edge machine learning infrastructure as well as contribute to the innovation of our AI solutions while working with a dynamic and collaborative team.
If you are excited about driving impactful projects where your contributions will have a direct impact on how customers use our products, we'd love to get to know you!
What you'll do

• Collaborate: Work across teams such as Infrastructure Engineering, Application Development, and Machine learning to develop and deploy LLM applications
• Build: Build ML infrastructure to develop, fine-tune, and serve GenAI & LLM applications
• Model serving: Utilize Kubernetes and AWS services to containerize and serve our applications effectively
• Improve process: Integrate tools and practices to standardize workflows and improve LLM prompt engineering, model evaluation, performance monitoring, and reproducibility.

What you'll bring

• Machine Learning Experience: 7 years of experience as an ML Platform/ML Ops Engineer, preferably in a high-growth, scaling environment
• ML Toolset: Proficiency using Python to write and optimize code to support ML models as well as tools such as Kubeflow, LangChain and LlamaIndex
• LLM knowledge: Hands-on experience in productionization of OpenAI, LLaMA or other LLM based applications using techniques such as Prompt Engineering, RAG, or Fine Tuning
• Infrastructure building: Experience designing, building, and scaling ML infrastructure using Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS
• Team Player Mentality: A background in working across multiple functions to achieve team-wide and company-wide goals, fostering a culture of innovation

Pay transparency
Ontra takes individual candidate location, experience, and skills into consideration when determining compensation. The base pay range is listed below. Additionally, all positions are eligible for unit-based equity grants.
Some positions may be eligible for additional compensation, such as commission or other variable compensation structures, which is not included in the below base pay range.
If you are selected to participate in our interview process, your Talent Acquisition Partner will share more details about the total compensation package for the role.
Base pay range
$200,000 - $320,000 USD
Benefits snapshot

• Remote-first working policy, with options for coworking
• Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration
• Paid flexible time off policy
• Paid parental leave and parental benefits
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
• Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, & robust onboarding program
• Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance

About Ontra
Ontra is the global leader in Contract Automation and Intelligence for private asset management firms. The Ontra platform combines AI-enabled software with a worldwide network of highly trained lawyers to modernize recurring legal workflows. Ontra's solutions improve all aspects of the contract lifecycle - from negotiating and processing routine contracts to tracking obligations in complex agreements. Ultimately, Ontra reduces the time, expense, and risk associated with contract management, freeing its customers to focus on other strategic priorities.
Inclusivity
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