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Capital Group · 2 hours ago

Machine Learning Engineering Manager Senior

Irvine

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$248K/yr - $422K/yr

Capital Group is a company focused on improving people's lives through successful investing. They are seeking a Senior Manager for CoreML to lead an engineering organization responsible for designing and operating AI/ML capabilities that enhance investment professionals' decision-making processes.

Financial Services

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

You will define and evolve the long-term strategy for CoreML in partnership with Product—establishing a clear vision that connects investor needs, market trends, and technical opportunity

You will co-author the roadmap with Product, ensuring sequencing reflects both business value and platform scalability

You will lead engineering execution across distributed systems, ML pipelines, LLM-based architectures, and integration layers

You will translate high-level goals into clear and actionable technical plans, while ensuring solutions are reliable, maintainable, and production-ready

You will guide teams through design reviews, prototyping, experimentation, and operational rollout

You will partner closely with Product throughout discovery, shaping opportunities, testing assumptions, and evolving requirements

You will work cross-functionally with Architecture, Cloud, Security, and downstream engineering teams to ensure strong interfaces, predictable releases, and high system resilience

You will engage directly with investment professionals to validate ideas and understand real-world workflows

You will build a high-performing team grounded in strong engineering fundamentals, pragmatic problem solving, and excellent communication

You will foster a culture of research, experimentation, and ongoing learning—encouraging engineers to explore new methods, deepen expertise, and contribute to internal knowledge creation

You will develop and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs; set clear expectations and support their growth

You will encourage thoughtful debate, constructive feedback, openness to new ideas, and shared ownership of team outcomes

You will establish mechanisms for structured exploration: technical deep dives, reading groups, prototypes, internal papers, or proofs of concept

You will partner with Product to identify and evaluate emerging AI/ML capabilities, model families, and architectural patterns

You will ensure the team’s insights are shared broadly, influencing decision making across IG Tech and investment teams

Qualification

Machine LearningSoftware EngineeringCloud ArchitectureLeadershipProduct PartnershipDistributed SystemsML PipelinesCuriosityTeam BuildingCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingAdaptability

Required

You have experience leading engineering teams that build and operate ML-driven products or platforms at scale

You have strong partnership instincts with Product—comfortable shaping strategy, co-owning roadmaps, and aligning technical investment with business priorities

You possess a deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals: OO and functional design, distributed systems, cloud architecture, testing, and operational excellence

You have hands-on experience developing and/or integrating ML and LLM-based systems (RAG pipelines, embeddings, evaluation frameworks, orchestration, data integrations)

You are able to navigate ambiguity, connect details to high-level strategy, and synthesize complex information into actionable direction

You have strong communication skills: clear, structured, concise, and effective across technical and business audiences

You demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to evolve ideas based on new learnings or evidence

You take a practical approach to problem solving—balancing ideal technical solutions with real-world constraints

Preferred

Ideally, you have exposure to investment workflows, financial data, or high-stakes, data-intensive enterprise environments

Benefits

Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options

Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love

Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.