Skill
Feature Engineering
Data Science, Analytics and AI/ML
Feature engineering is the process in machine learning and data science of selecting, transforming, and creating input variables (features) from raw data to improve the performance of predictive models. It involves techniques like normalization, encoding categorical variables, creating interaction terms, and extracting domain-specific signals, and is often considered one of the most impactful steps in building effective ML models. Data scientists and ML engineers rely heavily on domain knowledge and experimentation to do this well.
Feature Engineering in the job market
Last checked September 12, 2026
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Open roles requiring Feature Engineering (20)
Data Scientist
Auto-Owners Insurance
Lansing, MI
This role involves building statistical and machine learning models to solve insurance business problems and improve decision-making across the company. It suits someone with a quantitative background and 2-4 years of professional modeling experience who wants to work collaboratively on high-impact analytics in a hybrid environment.
Listed on Auto-Owners Insurance’s careers site · Apply there ↗
AI Engineer, Sr
A-dec
Newberg, OR
A-dec seeks a senior AI engineer to design and deploy practical artificial intelligence solutions across business operations, from supply chain optimization to customer service automation. The role combines hands-on development of machine learning models and LLM-based systems with cross-functional collaboration to drive measurable business impact.
Listed on A-dec’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Staff Data Scientist
Visa Inc.
Bellevue, WA · $145,300 – $232,700
Visa seeks a Staff Data Scientist to design and deploy machine learning models for dispute resolution and recovery products, working with large-scale transaction data to improve automation and decision quality. This role is for an experienced leader who can own complex problems end-to-end, mentor others, and influence product strategy across a global payments platform.
Listed on Visa Inc.’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Sr. Principal Data Scientist (Agentic AI)
Warner Bros. Discovery
Atlanta, GA
Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a highly experienced Data Scientist to serve as a top-level individual contributor, architecting and delivering enterprise-scale AI and machine learning systems that power content intelligence, personalization, forecasting, and monetization across the company's streaming and advertising platforms. This role suits a seasoned technologist with 15+ years in the field who wants to drive technical direction and solve complex business problems without formal management responsibilities.
Listed on Warner Bros. Discovery’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Data Scientist, Consumer Analytics
Zillow
Remote-USA · $119,600 – $201,100
This role applies machine learning and advanced analytics to solve business problems and build data products at Zillow's scale, translating requirements from stakeholders into production models and insights. It suits experienced data scientists ready to own end-to-end solutions with guidance, collaborating across product and engineering teams to measure and improve impact.
Listed on Zillow’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Machine Learning engineer - Distribution & Supply
Expedia Group
Seattle, WA · $184,500 – $258,000
Senior machine learning engineer building and optimizing the systems that connect travel supply, pricing, and inventory across Expedia's global marketplace. This role suits experienced ML engineers who can design production systems, mentor others, and own features end-to-end from modeling through deployment and operations.
Listed on Expedia Group’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Lead Partner Decision Scientist - Credit Karma
Intuit
Charlotte, NC
Credit Karma seeks an experienced data scientist to lead technical partnerships with banks and fintech lenders, designing credit models and targeting systems on their decision platform. The role bridges internal engineering and product teams with external partner data science organizations, requiring equal skill at building machine learning systems and translating complex analysis into business strategy for executives.
Listed on Intuit’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior AI Research Engineer
Duolingo
Pittsburgh, PA · $197,200 – $266,800
Duolingo seeks a senior AI researcher to build machine learning systems for their video call learning product, working across the full ML stack from data preparation through deployment. This role suits experienced ML engineers comfortable with large language models, speech systems, and personalization techniques who want to mentor others while solving education-focused problems at scale.
Listed on Duolingo’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Data Mining
Motional
Full-time · Boston, MA · $144,000 – $192,000 · Remote
This role builds machine learning systems that automatically discover critical edge cases and failures in autonomous vehicle sensor data, helping improve safety through smarter data mining and analysis. It suits engineers who want to apply foundation models and representation learning to solve real-world problems at scale in a rapidly advancing industry.
Listed on Motional’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior AI Engineer
LeoLabs
Remote
LeoLabs is hiring a Senior AI Engineer to develop machine learning systems that process satellite tracking data and generate real-time space domain awareness insights. This role suits someone with 5-7 years of production ML experience who wants to work on national security challenges at the intersection of aerospace, AI systems, and data engineering.
Listed on LeoLabs’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Asked for alongside Feature Engineering
Measured from the 20 open roles that name Feature Engineering — not from a curated list.
- Python17 roles85.0%
- Machine Learning15 roles75.0%
- SQL12 roles60.0%
- Statistical Modeling7 roles35.0%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)6 roles30.0%
- Generative AI5 roles25.0%
- TensorFlow5 roles25.0%
- MLOps4 roles20.0%
Roles that use Feature Engineering
Employers hiring for Feature Engineering
12 in total, most open roles first.
- Intuit4 roles
- SSentiLink3 roles
- AIAuto-Owners Insurance2 roles
- DDuolingo2 roles
- WDWarner Bros. Discovery2 roles
- AA-dec1 role
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