Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description:

Remitly's vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services and building products that extend beyond traditional barriers to give customers access to more of the services they need, no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees worldwide who are growing their careers with purpose and connection with our customers while having a positive impact on millions of people around the globe.
The team in Israel pushes forward and aims for the stars. We hire top talents and invest in promoting their career by providing opportunities, challenges, and a great work environment that places an important emphasis on work-life balance.

About the Role:
We’re looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design and build scalable ML models that power critical business decisions. You will focus on building ML expertise from experimentation to production in one or more areas that improve the company's overall ML strategy. This role is based in Tel Aviv and involves collaboration across global teams, requiring strong communication and coordination skills.

Responsibilities:

• Build and deploy end-to-end machine learning solutions from research to production by leveraging advanced algorithms and mathematical techniques to deliver highly predictive models in the fintech space.

• Design and run experiments to evaluate new data sources and continuously improve the performance of existing models.

• Implement, maintain, and monitor production models using Remitly’s machine learning platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long-term performance.

• Evaluate model effectiveness both offline and in live environments, with a focus on real-world impact and business relevance.

• Act as a technical leader, mentoring teammates, guiding design decisions, and collaborating with global cross-functional partners to drive ML initiatives forward.

Requirements:

• MSc/Ph.D. in Statistics, computer science, data science or a related field

• 5+ years of experience of exploring, building and deploying ML and data systems in production

• Strong programming skills in Python focusing on ML frameworks such as Sklearn, XGBoost or TensorFlow

• Experience with distributed and stream processing, Cloud ML infrastructure and feature store tools

• Expertise in supervised and unsupervised machine learning models (e.g., classification, anomaly detection or clustering)

• Experience writing code in Agile, CI/CD-based production environments

• Proficient in communicating technical and research ideas and collaborating effectively across teams and organizational stakeholders

• Experience in Fintech solutions is a big advantage

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