Cleo · 10 hours ago
Machine Learning Engineer | San Francisco
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$160K/yr - $230K/yr
3+ years expCleo is a fast-growing fintech company on a mission to change humanity's relationship with money by providing a hyper-intelligent financial advisor. They are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to develop innovative solutions such as chatbots and classifiers to enhance user financial health and optimize transactions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Designed and implemented AI agents to analyse and extract insights from users’ transactional data
Developed models to interpret transactional data, enhancing the understanding of users’ finances. Think about your bank statement—how often do you not recognise a transaction on first review?
Created contextual intent classifiers to understand user conversations with Cleo, enabling tailored and accurate platform responses
Engineered ML models to identify and deliver relevant actions to users within Cleo, ensuring a seamless, context-aware conversational experience
Built models to evaluate risk in customer interactions with bank transaction features and user activities
Developed optimisation models to improve payment success rates for customers while minimising business costs, tackling this as a two-sided optimisation challenge
Qualification
Required
Excellent knowledge of both Data Science (Python, SQL) and production tools
A deep understanding of probability and statistics fundamentals
Big picture thinking to correctly diagnose problems and productionising research
Top tier communication skills, to be able to partner with Product and Commercial Leaders
Industry-leading contributions to your field, communicated through conferences, blogs, talks, or open-source projects
3+ years of experience in data science, machine learning engineering, or related roles
Strong ability to communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders
Experience deploying machine learning models into production; familiarity with Docker containers and container orchestration tools is a plus
Benefits
401k matching up to 6%
Healthcare plan
15 days annual leave a year (pro-rata) plus public holidays + 1 additional day of holiday for every year you spend with us up to a maximum of 20 days in total
1 months paid sabbatical after every 4 years at Cleo
18 weeks full pay maternity/primary caregiver leave, 12 weeks full pay paternity leave
Enhanced sickness, compassionate, bereavement, pregnancy loss leaves
Online courses to level up your skills like coding, SQL etc and we’ll pay for your OpenAI subscription
Access to Spill - remote mental health support
Expand your knowledge with access to cutting-edge online courses
Company
Cleo
Changing the world’s relationship with money.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$137.5MKey Investors
SofinaEQT VenturesTriplePoint Capital
2022-06-16Series C· $80M
2020-12-10Series B· $44M
2019-06-17Debt Financing
Leadership Team
Barnaby Hussey-Yeo
Founder and CEO
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