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Applied Machine Learning Engineer

Antimetal
Full-time
On-site
New York, New York, United States
Machine Learning

We’re looking for a Senior Applied Machine Learning Engineer to design and deploy intelligent systems to automate infrastructure workflows. You’ll work hands-on with cutting-edge technologies—LLMs, knowledge graphs, and advanced retrieval systems—to build scalable, agentic systems.


You’ll rapidly prototype, experiment, and take projects from concept to production. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about applied AI, this is the role for you.

About Antimetal

Antimetal is building the future of infrastructure management. We're starting by creating a platform that investigates, resolves, and prevents issues—giving engineers their time back to focus on what they do best: building great products.

What you bring:

  • At least 5 years of experience in applied machine learning or a related role, preferably at a high-growth company

  • Demonstrated ability to design and deploy large-scale machine learning systems that add new value to the product.

  • Strong on ML fundamentals: classification/regression, clustering, dimensionality reduction, evaluation & error analysis, probabilistic ML

  • Real world expertise in one area of applied ML: search, statistical modeling, NLP, etc.

  • Experience constructing and running end-to-end evaluation pipelines with real world data.

  • Proficient in Python and Typescript, with experience using common ML libraries and data engineering tools.

  • Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on creating highly maintainable, scalable code.

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

  • Comfortable with iterative development, prototyping, and adapting quickly to feedback.

Bonus:

  • Hands-on experience with vector/hybrid search.

  • Experience with dataset curation or synthetic dataset generation for novel problem domains.

  • A passion for staying ahead of applied AI trends and prototyping emerging technologies.

  • Contributions to open-source ML tools or libraries.

  • Experience with Go or another systems language.

Who you are:

  • Identify as a builder

  • Are excited to work in-person from our new and spacious office in New York

  • Love working in a startup environment (experience in a startup or obsession with going zero-to-one)

  • Enjoy working with people who are ambitious, caring, and think in systems

  • Thrive in a fast-paced iterative environment where experimentation is essential

What we bring:

  • Pay & ownership — Competitive salary with generous equity grants.

  • Full coverage + retirement — Fully covered health, dental, and vision, plus retirement benefits.

  • Unlimited PTO — Take the time you need to recharge.

  • Dinner on late nights — Working late? Dinner is on us.

  • Fitness stipend — Monthly support for your health and wellness.

  • Tools of the trade — Any equipment you need to do your best work.

  • Commute perks — Citi Bike + train benefits.

Interview process

  1. Application Review – Send us your stuff, and a quick note on why you're excited.

  2. Intro Chat: Share what you're looking for next and learn more about what we're building.

  3. Founder Interview: Talk with one of our founders in more detail about the role

  4. Technical Interview: We’ll have you complete a short exercise specific to the role.

  5. Onsite: Come onsite and meet the team through a series of 1:1 interviews.

  6. Decision – We’ll move fast.