ML Engineer Manager, AI Conversation Platform

Stripe
Toronto, Canada

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level ML managers who thrive in ambiguous environments and have shipped production ML systems, particularly in Toronto.

Best fit for

  • Experienced ML managers who can lead teams in high-growth, ambiguous settings.
    — “Lead by example in high-growth, high-impact, ambiguous environments
  • Leaders who can develop and maintain high standards for production systems.
    — “Hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production systems

Things to consider

  • Must have at least 4 years of experience managing ML teams.
    — “Have at least 4 years of experience managing ML teams
  • Role involves substantial backend code changes for ML deployment.
    — “deploy them to production, even if it involves making substantial changes to backend code

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate ability to coach and grow engineering talent.
    — “Coach engineers to help them grow in their careers
  • Show initiative in proposing new ideas and building prototypes.
    — “Proposing new ideas and building prototypes
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Manager

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What success looks like

  • driving-ai-vision
  • leading-ml-teams
  • building-ml-systems
  • coaching-engineers
Typical background
ml-engineeringteam-managementtechnical-leadership

Skills & requirements

Required

Machine-learningTeam-managementTechnical-leadershipProduct-integrationMl-model-developmentProduction-deployment

Preferred

LLMRag-systems

Stack & domain

Machine LearningMl ModelsApiLlmsRag SystemsLeadershipCoachingInitiativeCollaborationFinanceAI

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

Engineering Manager, AI Conversation Platform

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The newly formed Conversation Platform team aims to build a conversation platform for all merchants who use Stripe. We are doing so by (a) automating the easy tasks, and (b) assisting our users in the difficult tasks. Some examples include customizing the Stripe landing page to suggest bespoke integrations, allowing users to command the Stripe API in natural language, and resolving user issues automatically. We are developing RAG based systems on the latest LLMs as well as fine-tuning our own models. We’re an end-to-end team going from ideas to models to shipping in production.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Driving an ambitious vision for AI/ML that benefits our users

Setting the technical & process direction for the team based on business goals

Brainstorm and coordinate product integrations with partner teams

Proposing new ideas and building prototypes

Be an integral part of a larger ML community internally & externally

Hire & develop a world-class team to deliver high-quality ML systems.

Coach engineers to help them grow in their careers and maintain a high bar

Who you are

We are looking for ML Engineering Managers who are passionate about using ML to improve products and delight customers. You have experience leading teams that develop streaming feature pipelines, build ML models, and deploy them to production, even if it involves making substantial changes to backend code. You are comfortable with ambiguity, love to take initiative, and have a bias towards action.

Minimum requirements

Have at least 4 years of experience managing ML teams

Experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Scientist or equivalent Individual Contributor.

Lead by example in high-growth, high-impact, ambiguous environments

Have experience building & shipping ML systems.

Hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production systems.

Thrive in a collaborative cross-functional environment

Preferred qualifications 

Experience in shipping LLM & RAG systems

Source: Stripe careers

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