Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Backbase
Amsterdam
2 days ago
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.
Hybrid
Full-time
Principal
Python
PyTorch
Salary
Not specified
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
Machine LearningAIBankingFintechPythonPyTorchTensorFlowMLOpsLLMHybrid