ML platform engineer
Paris, 75, FR
ABOUT CFM
Founded in 1991, we are a global quantitative and systematic asset management firm applying a scientific approach to finance to develop alternative investment strategies that create value for our clients.
We value innovation, dedication, collaboration, and the ability to make an impact. Together, we create a stimulating environment for talented and passionate experts in research, technology, and business to explore new ideas and challenge existing assumptions.
ML Platform team
The ML Platform team is focused on enhancing researcher productivity in training machine learning (ML) models by developing libraries, services, and best practices, and ensuring robust ML production at scale.
The aim is to provide a seamless path from experimentation to production that integrates with existing systems and boosts efficiency for model deployment.
The team mandate consists of addressing pain points, advancing organizational ML capabilities, and leveraging platform engineering with a modular, self-service approach.
It balances immediate user needs with sustainable technical decisions, emphasizing best practices and automation.
The team is composed of profiles working on cross-functional projects as well as engineers supporting functional teams in their ML journey.
Your role
As a senior engineer, you will be expected to participate in all the individual contributions of the team but also weigh in and participate in all the major decisions about the technical trajectory of the team as well as its technical culture. You will also need to lead the interactions with some of the team's stakeholders, those closer to your area of expertise, in support of the Head of ML platform.
In more detail:
- Foster adoption of AWS, in general but also through the definition and development of quality-of-life components on the ML Platform in order to entice our users to migrate to cloud usage.
- Define standard practices for ML development, from experimentation to deployment, focusing on reproducibility, quality and auditability.
- Develop self-service tools and services to increase the throughput of ML development at CFM
- Support use cases on our on-premise, HPC, infrastructure.
- Mentor younger team members when the team will grow
- Train users and participate in a company wide effort towards industry best practices when it comes to ML related software development
Your skills
We are looking for candidates with 5-10 years of experience in software development at large, and 3+ years facing challenges about ML industrialization.
Mandatory
Technical
- Extensive expertise in Python and general software development best practices.
- Experience working in environments that deploy ML solutions to production and address MLOps challenges.
- Proficient in using containerization technologies.
- In-depth experience with traditional ML and deep learning tools such as TensorFlow or PyTorch, MLFlow or similar platforms, and inference servers like Triton.
- Experience applying ML techniques to time series data.
- Strong familiarity with UNIX-based systems.
- Experience with AWS services.
Work methodology
- Experience with Agile, emphasizing flexibility and pragmatism over strict adherence.
Soft skills
- Ability to articulate and defend strong opinions constructively, fostering consensus.
- Experience to understand not all decisions will go your way, with the ability to disagree yet commit.
- User-centered mindset while avoiding short-term solutions.
- Skill in engaging and motivating colleagues to adopt best practices.
- Commitment to team productivity and resilience through skill-sharing, beyond individual
Nice to have
Technical
- experience working with C and C++
- DevOps knowledge, especially for everything related to infra as code
Soft skills
- having occupied a tech lead or engineering manager role
If you don’t meet every requirement but believe you’d be a great fit, feel free to reach out to us.
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