Machine Learning Engineer, Offline Infrastructure (Entry-Level / New Grad)

Unity
Mountain View, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to recent graduates with machine learning systems experience working in large-scale data processing and distributed training workflows.

Best fit for

  • Recent university graduates excited about large-scale machine learning systems.
    — “ideal role for a recent university graduate
  • Candidates with applied or academic experience in ML pipelines and distributed systems.
    — “Experience (academic or applied) with data pipelines
  • Individuals who enjoy bridging research and production ML systems.
    — “bridge research and production

Things to consider

  • No relocation support or visa sponsorship available for this position.
    — “Relocation support is not available
  • Must have sufficient English proficiency for global communication.
    — “sufficient knowledge of English

How to stand out

  • Highlight projects or research involving PyTorch, Ray, or similar distributed systems.
    — “Familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  • Demonstrate experience with workflow orchestration tools like Airflow or Flyte.
    — “Experience with workflow orchestration systems
  • Show contributions to improving reproducibility in ML systems.
    — “Improve reproducibility and reliability
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Intern

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What success looks like

  • build and maintain data pipelines
  • contribute to infrastructure that supports distributed training workflows
  • work with workflow orchestration tools
Typical background
bachelor's degree in computer science, machine learning, systems, or a related field

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonMl SystemsDistributed SystemsData PipelinesModel Training WorkflowsLarge DatasetsProblem-solving

Preferred

Workflow Orchestration SystemsLarge-scale Data Platforms

Stack & domain

PythonPyTorchRayAirflowFlyteProblem-solvingMachine LearningDistributed Systems

About the role

Original posting from Unity

The opportunity

Unity Vector builds an offline ML platform that powers insight, experimentation, attribution, and AI-driven decision-making across the company.

Our systems operate at scale across batch and streaming data, supporting analytics, product intelligence, machine learning pipelines, and business operations. As data volume and complexity grow, our platform enables large-scale model training, feature generation, and experimentation workflows that power production ML systems.

We’re looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to join our Offline Infrastructure team. This is an ideal role for a recent university graduate who is excited to work on large-scale systems and apply research-driven thinking to real-world machine learning problems.

You’ll help build and evolve the infrastructure that powers training data generation, ML workflows, and distributed model training. Working closely with experienced engineers and researchers, you’ll contribute to systems that ensure our ML pipelines are reliable, scalable, and efficient.

This role offers the opportunity to bridge research and production—translating advanced ideas into systems that operate at scale.

What you'll be doing

Build and maintain data pipelines that generate training datasets for machine learning models and experimentation

Contribute to infrastructure that supports distributed training workflows (e.g., PyTorch, Ray)

Work with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Flyte, or similar) to support multi-stage ML pipelines

Improve reproducibility and reliability through dataset validation, monitoring, and testing

Partner with ML engineers to support experimentation and model iteration

Help optimize performance and efficiency across data processing and training systems

Contribute to the evolution of our offline ML platform architecture as it scales

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Systems, or a related field

Strong foundation in machine learning systems, distributed systems, or large-scale data processing (through research or projects)

Experience with Python and working with data-intensive workloads

Familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and/or distributed systems (e.g., Ray, Spark)

Experience (academic or applied) with data pipelines, model training workflows, or large datasets

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate research ideas into practical systems

Interest in building scalable, reliable infrastructure for machine learning

Nice to Have

Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Airflow, Flyte, etc.)

Exposure to large-scale data platforms (data lakes, warehouses, streaming systems)

Publications or research in ML systems, distributed systems, or related areas

Additional information

Relocation support is not available for this position

Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Benefits

At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance | Commute subsidy | Employee stock ownership | Competitive retirement/pension plans | Generous vacation and personal days | Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs | Office food snacks | Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support | Employee Resource Groups | Global Employee Assistance Program | Training and development programs | Volunteering and donation matching program

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

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Gross pay salary$112,700—$169,100 USD

Source: Unity careers

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