Amsterdam
5 May 2026
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Backbase

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Backbase seeks a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to architect AI capabilities for their AI-native banking platform. The role involves designing, deploying, and owning production ML models for 150+ million end users, working hybrid in Amsterdam. Requires 5+ years of production ML experience, Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, LLMs, MLOps, and data streaming systems.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid

Experience Required

5 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Principal

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowLLMsRAGagent-based systemsCI/CD for MLmodel versioningmonitoring and observabilitySparkKafka
Soft Skills
communicationdecisive technical choicesmentoring

Key Responsibilities

  • Designing, developing, and deploying production-grade ML models that personalize the banking experience and automate complex financial workflows
  • Partnering with product and data teams to integrate AI capabilities directly into the Banking Platform
  • Taking full ownership of the end-to-end ML lifecycle - from data discovery and feature engineering through to model monitoring and retraining
  • Turning complex data architectures into clean, maintainable ML pipelines and APIs
  • Running rigorous code reviews and mentoring mid-level engineers to keep raising the technical bar
  • Identifying opportunities to apply AI where it removes friction and adds measurable value for end users
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