Vetcove is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Vetcove is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead critical initiatives that bring machine learning into the core of our platform. You will design, build, and deploy models that drive clinical insights, financial outcomes, and operational efficiency for veterinary practices. This role sits at the intersection of data, engineering, and product, owning end-to-end ML systems.

What You'll Do

• Design and deploy production ML systems that power Vetcove’s core products.
• Build evaluation frameworks to monitor and retrain models.
• Develop APIs and services to integrate models into the platform.
• Incorporate LLMs and multimodal models into production systems.
• Use frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and Snowflake ML.
• Own ML pipelines, data flows, feature stores, and model registries.
• Build systems for real-time and batch prediction use cases.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and veterinary experts.
• Write and review production-quality Python code for training and inference.
• Help set standards for experimentation, deployment, monitoring, and ethical data use.
• Mentor and guide teammates.

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning models in production.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience contributing to production applications.
• Hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn).
• Experience designing and maintaining ML pipelines, feature stores, and data workflows.
• Familiarity with LLMs and experience integrating them into user-facing applications.
• Comfort working with structured and unstructured data, and selecting appropriate modeling techniques.
• Experience with model evaluation, monitoring, and retraining in live environments.
• Knowledge of common data science approaches for personalization, forecasting, or anomaly detection.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Snowflake ML, Databricks, or other ML orchestration tools.

Technical Stack

• Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, Hex, Snowflake, Postgres, Elasticsearch, Redis, Clickhouse, Git

Team & Environment

Collaborate with engineering leadership, product managers, and veterinary professionals.

Benefits & Compensation

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Automatic 401k contribution
• Employee referral program
• At home office set up
• Bi-annual company retreats
• Open vacation policy
• Equity
• Monthly team events
• Compensation: $160,000/year - $230,000/year (US) or $175,000 - $200,000 (Colorado) + equity

Work Mode

This is a 100% remote position within the USA.

Vetcove is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.