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Forward Deployed Machine Learning Engineer

Protege

Remote · Remote · Mid

Listed on Protege’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

A machine learning engineer role focused on building evaluation infrastructure and benchmarks for AI models at an early-stage data platform company. This suits engineers with ML experience who want to own full-stack infrastructure problems and work closely with customers and researchers to shape a new product vertical.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 4+ years of engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience evaluating machine learning models
  • Previous ownership of backend and infrastructure systems
  • High tolerance for ambiguity
  • Bias toward action and velocity
  • Strong written communication

Nice to have

  • Experience building benchmarks or evaluations for LLMs
  • Background at frontier AI labs or research organizations
  • Early-stage startup experience
  • Knowledge of agentic systems, reinforcement learning environments, code-execution sandboxes, or trusted execution environments

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