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Lead Machine Learning Engineer - LMTS
San Francisco, California, USA · Senior · full-time
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$20,649 more — $193,149 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,149 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
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Responsibilities
- Shape the Defense Strategy: You will own the decision-making process-translating vague security threats into concrete mathematical problems.
- By championing a rapid prototyping culture, you will validate hypotheses in days rather than months, ensuring our engineering resources are focused only on high-value detections while killing low-signal ideas early.
- Detect the "Unknown Unknowns": You will lead the evolution of our threat detection, introducing more advanced probabilistic modeling, graph analytics, supervised and unsupervised learing.
- Elevate the Organization: You will act as a force multiplier, mentoring junior scientists and engineers, and building the internal tooling, feature stores, and libraries that make the whole team faster.
- Operationalize Intelligence: By prioritizing engineering rigor (CI/CD, scalable code) and adversarial resilience, you will deliver production-grade models that the SOC actually trusts-minimizing "alert fatigue" and maximizing analyst efficiency.
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- The lead will not simply build models; they will architect the data-driven strategy for our threat detection capabilities.
- You will own the decision-making process-translating vague security threats into concrete mathematical problems.
- You will act as a force multiplier, mentoring junior scientists and engineers, and building the internal tooling, feature stores, and libraries that make the whole team faster.
Requirements
- Mastery of Python programming, including proficiency in leading ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and adherence to software engineering best practices.
- High degree of autonomy with the ability to look at a vague business problem and structure a data-driven solution without needing a predefined roadmap.
- Previous experience in a mentoring role for junior engineers.
Nice to have
- Preferred skills: Masters or PhD in a quantitative field Expertise in advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) methodologies.
Skills
- Solid foundation in feature engineering techniques and the implementation of feature stores.
- Experience in formulating ML governance policies and ensuring adherence to data security regulations.
- Ability to explain complex statistical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Masters or PhD in a quantitative field Expertise in advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) methodologies.
- Experience contributing to open-source security data science tools.
- Presentations at major security conferences (Black Hat, DEF CON, BSides) or data conferences.
- Track record of publications and/or patents in quantitative disciplines.
- Apply today to not only shape the future - but to redefine what's possible - for yourself, for AI, and the world.
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Compensation
- At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually.
Benefits
- Lead member of technical staff - Machine Learning Engineering Job Category:
Company info
- The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
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Visa & Work Authorization
- ce the broader security engineering roadmap to ensure a closed loop security telemetry that is treated as a first-class citizen
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