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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Workday3 months ago
Vancouver, Denver, Toronto
CA$104,325 - CA$209,778/yearly
Senior Level

About the role

Who you are

  • 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering or applied machine learning
  • 5+ years of experience with Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
  • Strong knowledge of both classical machine learning and deep learning
  • Working knowledge of LLMs and their use in building agentic systems
  • Proficiency with using Spark for large-scale data processing
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a strong focus on team success and customer impact

What the job involves

  • In this machine learning engineering role, you will design and build LLM-based agentic systems
  • You will also work with software engineers to integrate these systems with Workday and deploy them to scale
  • You will be part of a fast-paced team with a startup-like mentality
  • In the early stages of the project you will rapidly iterate on prototypes and proof-of-concepts, and in the later stages you will build robust, scalable solutions
  • Design and implement LLM agents and agentic systems
  • Apply both traditional ML and deep learning to improve model quality
  • Build scalable ML pipelines and services for data preprocessing, feature engineering, training, and inference
  • Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover insights and inform feature engineering
  • Collaborate with software engineers, Workday app developers, product managers, and other ML teams
  • Take ownership for finding creative solutions that move projects forward
  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices in software engineering, including automation, observability, and scalability
  • Conduct code reviews, participate in design discussions, and engage in collaborative team activities like hackathons and knowledge-sharing sessions

The application process

  • Posting End Date: 04/23/2025

Benefits

  • 401k plan
  • Company equity
  • Vision and dental insurance
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance
  • On-site health clinic (Pleasanton office)
  • Virtual primary care
  • Flexible time-off policy
  • Global mental health resources
  • Global dedicated on-site clinical counselors
  • Global well-being days
  • $25k fertility/family planning benefits
  • North Star financial wellness
  • Retirement funds and matching

About Workday

Software Development
10,000+

Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics are built with artificial intelligence and machine learning at the core to help organizations around the world embrace the future of work. Workday is used by more than 10,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500.