Machine Learning Engineer

The data science center of excellence team at Central is looking for a passionate machine learning engineer to work on AI/ML solutions in support of our business stakeholders at Central. As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will be responsible for deploying models in the cloud as well as on-premises, shared Python frameworks, and data pipelines that integrate AI/ML models with Central’s system and customer-facing applications. Focusing on AI/ML model training and inference pipelines, you will use your technical skills, as well as your domain expertise, to develop innovative solutions. If you have a desire to deliver business value through technology designs in an environment that will allow you to grow and innovate, we will be delighted to have you.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Develop machine learning workflows and end-to-end pipelines for data preparation, training, deployment, monitoring and ensure that the quality of architecture and designs of machine learning systems based on established policies
• Conducts statistical analysis, including predictive and prescriptive modeling
• Build effective monitoring to monitor the health of your system, and jump in to handle outages of models in production
• Collaborate closely with product teams to lead and own API development, maintaining machine learning infrastructure, and seamlessly integrating machine learning features into products
• Consult with data engineers in the development of data pipelines, packages, and tools that the data science team utilizes as a key stakeholder
• Technical and programmatic support through the entire project life cycle including concept development, system definition, acquisition planning, source selection, system design, development, integration and test, system delivery, and deployment
• Build production-grade solutions to scale, manage, and serve machine learning models and data science solutions
• Write and edit documentation and technical requirements, including evaluation plans, confluence pages, white papers, presentations, test results, technical manual, formal recommendations and reports

What You’ll Bring   

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, applied statistics or related field
• Or Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, applied statistics or related field and 2 years experience in machine learning
• Or 4 years experience in machine learning
• Excellent communication skills including written, verbal, and technology diagrams
• Understanding of the model development lifecycle and has had exposure to DevOps/MLOps/LLMOps/ModelOps
• Experience with enterprise Cloud ML Services (i.e., Sagemaker, AzureML, Vertex AI), and open source AI/ML frameworks
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Strong organizational, planning & problem-solving skills
• Ability to understand Central Insurance’s policies and processes

Preferred  

• Azure certification or AWS certification
• Exposure in continuous integration & delivery (CI/CD) practices and tools (Git, Jenkins, uDeploy)
• Exposure in with building container-based systems such as Docker
• Exposure in relational and dimensional data modeling techniques
• Exposure in machine learning models and concepts: regression, random forest, boosting, NLP, and deep learning
• Exposure in developing and deploying complex and scalable software systems in the analytics space
• Exposure in Azure Data Lake or other cloud data warehousing solutions
• Exposure in triaging, troubleshooting, and fixing issues in Production environments
• Exposure with orchestration and scheduling tools (Control-M)

If you are a Van Wert County native and move back to Van Wert County, you may be eligible for the Learn & Return student loan payment program.

Work Authorization
Central will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Central that all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, job classification and assignment, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment and all other terms and conditions of employment shall be maintained in a manner which will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, military status, or disability.  The applicant should respond to questions on this application in a way that will not divulge such information. #LI-Hybrid #LI-AS1