Loon · 5 months ago
Machine Learning Engineer, Early Stage Project
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$136K/yr - $185K/yrLoon is part of Alphabet’s moonshot factory, focused on inventing technologies to significantly improve lives. The role of an Applied ML Software Engineer involves end-to-end development of technologies using large language models, optimizing prompts, and collaborating with domain experts to enhance product prototypes.
AerospaceInformation ServicesInternetTelecommunicationsTravel
Responsibilities
Explore, apply, and innovate state-of-the-art LLM & machine learning techniques to solve real-world problems
Design and implement ML workflows, such as batch inference, agentic processes, active learning, fine tuning and data labeling
Design and implement robust, automated, production-level software using horizontally scalable components
Work effectively with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and domain experts
Provide direction and focus in areas of high ambiguity
Qualification
Required
Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
Experience in NLP applied research
Professional experience in developing and training ML models for product applications
Proficiency in MLOps, including model deployment, versioning and performance monitoring in production environments
Ability to innovate ways to improve model accuracy and quantify drift, overfitting and regression
Experience building pipelines for data processing (e.g. Beam, Flume, Flink, KubeFlow, Spark)
Experience optimizing system/model performance (e.g. speed, cost, throughput)
Strong proficiency in Python and standard software engineering practices (testing, designing architectures, version control, etc)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
Experience applying LLMs for large scale document processing, including tasks like annotation, entity extraction, etc
Experience designing agentic workflows
Experience with knowledge graphs or retrieval-augmented generation
Experience in ML modeling using TensorFlow, Pytorch or Jax/Flax
Experience in Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI
Consistent track record of delivering high quality solutions to large, complex software problems
Experience working in start-up like environments
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Loon
Loon is a network of high altitude balloons used to provide stable internet coverage on the ground. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
Founded in 2011
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$125MKey Investors
HAPSMobile
2019-04-25Undisclosed· $125M
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2025-10-31
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