Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Exadel is an AI-first global tech company with over 25 years of engineering leadership, employing more than 2,000 team members and managing 500+ active projects for Fortune 500 clients such as HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks. The client is a leading provider of vehicle lifecycle solutions headquartered in Chicago, connecting a network of insurance companies, repair facilities, parts suppliers, and data providers to enhance productivity and customer experience in the transportation industry.

• Deep understanding of ML lifecycle: development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• Excellent communication skills; ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Hands-on experience in experiment design and model valuation
• Expertise with ML system design, model deployment, and production ML systems
• Experience in engineering production-grade GenAI features with robust validation, sanity checks, and structured outputs to mitigate hallucination and business risk
• Proficiency with AWS stack related to ML (e.g. Sagemaker, Lambda, Stepfunctions, IAM)
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and best practices (CICD, Test-Driven Development, Infrastructure as Code)
• Experience translating business objectives into technical roadmaps and deliverables
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities and timelines
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to have:

• Experience in subrogation, claims processing, insurance or financial technology

• Deliver best-in-industry models for detection of subrogation opportunities using the latest ML advancements and best software engineering practices
• Meet and collaborate with business stakeholders (customers, sales and product managers) to drive the development of new models and features
• Collaborate with data engineering and software engineering teams to ensure smooth data flow across teams and APIs related to outbound subrogation
• Mentor junior ML engineers in the outbound subrogation team to form a high-performing team

Exadel is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion across minority, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, and more. Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business needs.