Versant

Versant

Staff ML Engineer, StockStory

Englewood Cliffs, NEW JERSEY, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
TypeScriptPythonJavaMachine LearningDeep LearningTensorFlowPyTorchData EngineeringNLPLLMsMLOpsRecruitingResearchLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • You will be joining a team of exceptional engineers, analysts, and investors working at the intersection of AI and public markets.
  • For an ambitious AI engineer, it is an unusual opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and advanced data systems while learning firsthand how sophisticated investors analyze businesses and markets.
  • A genuine interest in investing, public markets, and fundamental business analysis is expected.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and implementation of production ML and AI systems used at scale
  • Drive technical strategy for AI across multiple product areas
  • Design end-to-end systems including data pipelines, training workflows, inference services, evaluation, and monitoring
  • Own and deliver high-impact projects with significant ambiguity
  • Provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentorship, and cross-team collaboration
  • This is a chance to build products that can shape how millions of consumers understand markets and make investing decisions.
  • We're looking for a Staff ML Engineer to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, production AI systems that power core products.
  • You will design and operate end-to-end ML systems spanning data pipelines, training workflows, inference services, evaluation, and monitoring, while helping define how AI is applied across the company.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Java
  • Proven experience with LLMs, ranking or recommendation systems, search, or applied NLP
  • Ability to proactively share ML knowledge and best practices, fostering a collaborative and non-siloed engineering culture
  • Prior experience leading or founding an AI systems team
  • Experience with large-scale training pipelines using frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
  • You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.

Nice to have

  • Eat up -- Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars

Benefits

  • StockStory, now part of CNBC under VERSANT, is building the next generation of AI-powered equity research for individual investors.
  • Sweat it out -- Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, plus daily group classes

Company info

  • We offer the best parts of a startup environment - small team, high ownership, fast execution, and room to experiment - with the backing and stability of VERSANT, an independent publicly traded media company.
  • We offer free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City

Visa & Work Authorization

  • ithout regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership i

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