Job Title: 

Staff Software Engineer – Machine Learning

Location: 

Miami, Florida or Bay Area, California. 

We are an In-person company. 

Company Overview: 

State Affairs is a media company delivering nonpartisan, statehouse news and intelligence across the country. We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to work on the design, development, and implementation of our Machine Learning solutions. This person will work directly with the Head of Engineering and Product to build scalable, extensible ML solutions with emphasis on innovation and quality.

To apply, please submit your resume, cover letter, and any relevant work samples or project links to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you and learning more about your passion for software development and state affairs.

Job Description: 

As a Senior Engineer at State Affairs, you will work with a team of ML engineers in architecting, building, and maintaining scalable and efficient product features using cutting edge Machine Learning and Generative AI  technologies. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives and exceed user expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team to deliver state-of-the-art Machine Learning solutions for the most complex problems customers are facing on the platform
• You will scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality.

• Work on the design and development of Machine Learning Models for complex web applications, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural standards.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior research engineers in utilizing advanced machine learning techniques for critical business problems
• Develop next-gen algorithms to understand visual content and textual content and customer interactions on State Affairs
• Develop state-of-art text/image/video/graph classification models scaling to millions of content and thousands of categories
• Develop state-of-art supervised and semi-supervised models scaling to hundreds of millions of sources and their content
• Own end-to-end model development and deployment at scale
• Represent State Affairs in academic and industry circles by showcasing our innovation, data products and scientific expertise in bringing game-changing data products to market
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on our technical stack and business strategy.

Qualifications:

• MS/PhD Degree in Computer Science or related technical or quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience 
• 10+ years’ experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and ML algorithm related solutions
• 10+ years of experience in large scale machine learning modeling both from scale of operation and scale of the models
• 10+ years of Experience in end-to-end model development life cycle spanning (but not limited to) data sampling, model training, deployment and performance evaluation
• 5+ years of experience in at least one of the following areas: Computer vision, Image processing, Machine Learning, Statistical modeling/inference, Data mining, NLP, Graph/geometric deep learning, Large Language Models, Generative AI
• Working knowledge of leveraging cloud based infrastructure – AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or similar for ML based application development
• 5+ years in an architect or technical leadership position 
• Experience in pre-training/fine tuning of large language models including the recent generative set models
• Expertise in one or more of the following: machine learning, data mining, security data science, advanced statistics, internationalization, information retrieval, natural language processing or Generative AI.
• Understanding of security best practices and compliance standards.

Join us at State Affairs and lead the charge in delivering innovative solutions that drive our business forward. 

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance, and paid time off.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in a growing industry.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment that values personal growth and professional development.
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on the legislative process and help clients stay informed and engaged in state affairs.

About State Affairs:

At State Affairs, we believe access to trustworthy information is critical for a functioning democracy. Our mission is to provide nonpartisan news and intelligence about the power centers of state government. Our unbiased coverage and cutting-edge tools are essential for policymakers, government officials, business leaders, and engaged private citizens, enabling them to perform their jobs, make better decisions, and hold their government accountable.

State Affairs believes deeply in diversity — in all its forms — and strives to represent all voices in our coverage and on our team, no matter what side of the political aisle they sit on. As an editorially independent news organization, we want to be your trusted source of state capitol news.

To apply, please submit your resume, cover letter, and any relevant work samples or project links to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you and learning more about your passion for software development and state affairs.