Staff Machine Learning Engineer (AI/Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Machine Learning Engineer (AI/Fintech): Driving technical strategy for ML and decisioning systems addressing risk, fraud, and abuse across hirify.global's products, with an accent on architecting, integrating, and operationalizing AI solutions. Focus on defining durable abstractions, standardizing risk strategies, and influencing core ML infrastructure for high-volume decisioning workloads.

Location: Remote (must be based in the U.S.)

Salary: $276,800–$415,200 USD annually

Company

hirify.global, Inc. is a technology company that builds products like Square, Cash App, and Afterpay to increase access to the global economy.

What you will do

• Act as a technical lead, setting direction for ML/AI solutions in risk decisioning.
• Design and evolve real-time and batch ML systems leveraging hirify.global's core ML platforms.
• Drive architectural decisions around feature usage, contextual signals, and ML-driven controls.
• Translate ambiguous risk problems into clear technical strategies and execution plans.
• Lead cross-team efforts to integrate new data sources, signals, and event hooks into production risk systems.
• Establish standards for data quality, observability, and correctness for ML inputs and decisions.

Requirements

• Extensive experience designing and leading large-scale ML systems with broad organizational impact.
• Proven ability to set technical vision and drive alignment across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Deep understanding of ML systems, data platforms, and real-time decisioning at scale.
• Strong judgment in navigating complex tradeoffs involving risk, trust, and product velocity.
• History of mentoring senior engineers and developing future technical leaders.
• Systems-level mindset and a bias toward durable, high-leverage solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work available.
• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance), Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account.
• Retirement Plans including company match and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Wellness programs, paid parental and caregiving leave, and paid time off (including 12 paid holidays).
• Learning and Development resources.
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits.

Hiring process

• Applications may be evaluated using automated AI tools.