Director, AI/ML Engineering

Location: Detroit, MI, United States

Base salary range: $225,000–$275,000 per year in Colorado; compensation may vary in other geographies.

Company

hirify.global is a Detroit-based technology company operating a global marketplace for sneakers, apparel, accessories, electronics, collectibles, and other high-demand consumer goods.

What you will do

• Own the AI/ML engineering strategy and roadmap, connecting technical investments to customer needs and business priorities.
• Build and develop a high-performing team of ML engineers and applied scientists, including technical leaders and managers.
• Lead delivery across search, recommendations, pricing, forecasting, fraud detection, and counterfeit detection.
• Set technical direction for model design, architecture, experimentation, and approaches ranging from classical ML to generative AI.
• Drive rigorous experimentation and A/B testing while scaling ML platforms and MLOps practices.
• Own hiring, performance management, resource planning, and alignment with senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant hands-on experience in ML engineering or applied science, with production ML systems experience.
• 7+ years of practical ML or data science experience, including computer vision, multi-modal learning, search, or recommendation systems.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including hiring, talent development, and leadership across multiple complex workstreams.
• Experience owning an AI/ML roadmap and delivering measurable customer or business outcomes through cross-functional partnerships.
• Strong technical judgment across model design, architecture, experimentation, and cloud infrastructure.
• Clear communication, senior stakeholder influence, prioritization, and decision-making skills.

Nice to have

• Experience managing managers or leading multiple ML engineering or applied science teams.
• Marketplace, e-commerce, or supply chain experience, particularly in search, recommendations, computer vision, fraud, or trust and safety.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Experience with AWS and shared ML platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to shape how millions of buyers and sellers experience a global marketplace.
• Benefits may include medical and dental coverage, equity, and discretionary bonuses.
• Work with Product, Data Science, and business leaders on high-impact marketplace initiatives.
• hirify.global employs people across offices and verification centers around the world.