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Sigma · 2 hours ago

Staff AI/ML Engineer

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$240K/yr - $270K/yr
date10+ years exp

Sigma is a cloud analytics and business intelligence company focused on transforming how people work with data. As a Staff AI/ML Engineer, you will be responsible for building the AI foundation that powers Sigma's platform, collaborating with various teams to identify AI/ML opportunities and developing scalable AI/ML infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to identify high-impact AI/ML opportunities
Prototype and productionize AI systems that feel intuitive but do a lot under the hood—recommendations, natural language interfaces, agentic workflows, and more
Develop and scale AI/ML infrastructure that powers both internal tooling and customer-facing features
Tackle novel UX problems at the intersection of AI, BI, and apps

Qualification

AI/ML systemsMachine learningDeep learningML lifecycleFoundation modelsCloud infrastructureBachelor’s degreeFast-moving startup experience

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (required)
10+ years of experience building and deploying production-grade AI/ML systems
Deep knowledge of machine learning, deep learning, and applied AI
Experience across the full ML lifecycle: data curation, training, deployment, monitoring
A track record of building things that ship—whether it's recommendations, search, machine translation, or something equally complex
Experience adapting or training foundation models (language or multimodal) for novel domains

Preferred

You've built agents that can plan, reason, and use tools
You know your way around cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
You've worked in a fast-moving startup or high-growth environment

Benefits

Equity
Generous health benefits
Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!
Paid bonding time for all new parents
Traditional and Roth 401k
Commuter and FSA benefits
Lunch Program
Dog friendly office

Company

Sigma

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Sigma is the AI apps and analytics platform connected to the cloud data warehouse.
dateFounded in 2014
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
http://sigmacomputing.com

H1B Sponsorship

Sigma 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 (32)
2024 (26)
2023 (21)
2022 (13)
2021 (3)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$645.3M
Key Investors
Altimeter CapitalSutter Hill Ventures
2024-05-16Series D· $264M
2021-12-16Series C· $300M
2021-09-23Debt Financing· $15M

Leadership Team

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Mike Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
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Rob Woollen
CTO / Co-founder
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