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Ideogram · 2 days ago

Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI

positionNYC
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
date3+ years exp

Ideogram is a company focused on making world-class design accessible through proprietary generative media models and AI workflows. They are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to lead applied AI initiatives, bridging research and product to develop scalable ML systems and enhance creative use cases.

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Responsibilities

Lead applied AI initiatives
Bridge research and product
Turn frontier generative models into production features
Experiment quickly
Build rigorous evaluations and datasets
Partner with research, engineering, infra, and product to ship reliable and scalable ML systems
Fine-tune and deploy models for creative use cases
Set clear success metrics
Contribute to safety, monitoring, and reliability of systems
Lead 0 to 1 projects that shape Applied AI practices

Qualification

Machine Learning productsPythonPyTorchJaxDeep learningData curationEvaluation metricsCuriosityCollaborationOwnership

Required

3+ years of building and shipping ML products
You write backend code in Python/ PyTorch/ Jax
You design benchmarks and evaluation metrics, run error analyses, and debug numerical stability across data, training, and inference
You've taken ML features from idea to evaluation to production with measurable gains (quality, latency, or cost)
You collaborate with the product team to define success criteria and iterate quickly and pragmatically
You're comfortable curating, labeling, and cleaning datasets, and designing evaluation corpora and failure-mode analyses
You're familiar with modern deep learning such as transformers, diffusion, and encoders
You bring ownership, urgency, curiosity, and learn fast in a startup setting

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity designed to recognize the value and impact of your contributions to Ideogram’s success.
4 weeks of vacation to recharge and explore.
Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage starting on day one.
RRSP/401(k) with employer match up to 4% to invest in your future from the moment you join.
Top-of-the-line tools and tech to fuel your creativity and productivity.
Toronto HQ perks: Steps from Union Station and the PATH, with daily in-office lunches and dinners.
Autonomy to explore and experiment — whether you’re testing new ideas, running large-scale experiments, or diving into research, you’ll have access to compute/resources you need when there’s a clear business or creative use case.
A culture of learning and growth, where curiosity is encouraged and mentorship is part of the journey.

Company

Ideogram

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Ideogram is an artificial intelligence startup that provides generative text-to-image technology.
dateFounded in 2022
location
Toronto, Ontario, CAN
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://ideogram.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Ideogram has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$96.46M
Key Investors
Andreessen Horowitz
2024-02-28Series A· $80M
2023-08-22Seed· $16.46M

Leadership Team

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Mohmmad Norouzi
Chief Executive Officer
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