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# Machine Learning Engineer – Inference Maintainer & Developer Experience

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## About this role.

AI SummaryRoboflow is seeking a senior Machine Learning Engineer to steward its open-source computer vision inference engine and scale its contribution and release processes. The role combines production ML and systems engineering with agentic developer tooling, CI/CD, release engineering, and end-to-end test infrastructure. The engineer will improve model onboarding, enforce contributor quality standards, and move releases from a roughly weekly cadence toward daily releases. This is also a developer-experience role requiring enablement of internal teams and customers through documentation, demos, launches, and technical communication. Success requires strong autonomy, practical computer-vision deployment expertise, and sound judgment in a fast-moving open-source environment.

## Role DNA

A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description.

### Job Complexity

5/5EasyHard

### Pace & Pressure

5/5RelaxedFast-paced

### Autonomy Level

5/5GuidedFull ownership

### Communication Load

5/5IndependentCollaborative

AI insightThis is a high-seniority role spanning ML inference, distributed systems, release reliability, AI-agent automation, and open-source stewardship. It requires independently designing durable quality systems while balancing rapid delivery with rigorous technical judgment.

## Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job medianHighly competitive$167,500US market range$155k–$180k0$198k

AI insightThe posting explicitly discloses a $155,000-$180,000 salary range; the offered annual median is $167,500. This range is competitive for a US-based senior machine learning engineer focused on computer vision inference, infrastructure, and developer experience, though exceptional candidates may be paid above the published range.

## Core skills

Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity.

[Machine Learning](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Machine%20Learning.md)[Computer Vision](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Computer%20Vision.md)[ML Inference](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=ML%20Inference.md)[Python](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Python.md)[PyTorch](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=PyTorch.md)[ONNX](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=ONNX.md)[TensorRT](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=TensorRT.md)[CI/CD](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=CICD.md)[Release Engineering](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Release%20Engineering.md)[Open Source](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Open%20Source.md)

Sample interview questionsHow would you design an agent-assisted pull-request review pipeline for a high-volume open-source ML repository?I would begin by separating deterministic checks from judgment-based review. Agents can classify changes, identify affected components, run structured linting and test-selection workflows, summarize risks, and propose review checklists; protected rules would require human approval for security-sensitive, API-breaking, performance-critical, or release-impacting changes. I would measure false positives, escaped defects, review latency, and rollback rates, then iteratively refine the guardrails.

Describe how you would build a meaningful end-to-end test strategy for a computer-vision inference engine across cloud and edge targets.

I would establish a versioned set of representative models, media inputs, hardware targets, and expected behavioral and performance assertions. Tests would cover model loading, preprocessing, inference correctness within tolerances, postprocessing, video-stream handling, hardware acceleration, and deployment-specific integration paths. I would tier the suite so fast deterministic checks run on every pull request while broader hardware and nightly regression suites validate real-world targets.

What factors do you consider when adding a new model format or architecture to an inference product?

I first validate user demand, licensing, model maturity, supported runtimes, hardware compatibility, and expected performance characteristics. I then define a stable adapter interface, conversion or export requirements, preprocessing and postprocessing behavior, observability, and a complete test fixture set. Documentation and examples should ship with the integration so customers and support teams can adopt it confidently.

Tell us about a time you improved a CI/CD or release process without sacrificing quality.

A strong example would demonstrate identifying a bottleneck through release and failure data, automating repeatable validation, and introducing clear release gates with ownership. I would explain how I used staged rollouts, regression tests, reproducible builds, and monitoring to shorten the release cycle while reducing manual effort and production risk. I would also quantify the resulting improvement in deployment frequency, lead time, or defect escape rate.

How would you communicate a new inference capability to engineers, support teams, and customers with different technical depth?

I would create one technical source of truth, then tailor the presentation by audience. Engineers need architecture, limitations, and integration details; support and field teams need troubleshooting guidance and practical workflows; customers need outcomes, concise examples, and clear adoption steps. I would validate materials through demos and feedback loops, then update documentation based on real implementation questions.

Our mission is to make the world programmable. Sight is one of the key ways we understand the world, and soon this will be true for the software we use, too.

We’re building the tools, community, and resources needed to make the world programmable with artificial intelligence. Roboflow simplifies building and using computer vision models. Today, over 1M+ developers, including those from half the Fortune 100, use Roboflow’s machine learning open source and hosted tools. That includes[counting cells](https://blog.roboflow.com/cancer-research-computer-vision/) to accelerate cancer research, improving[construction site safety](https://blog.roboflow.com/preventing-accidents-on-construction-sites-with-computer-vision/),[digitizing floor plans](https://blog.roboflow.com/floor-plan-analysis-computer-vision/),[preserving coral reef populations](https://blog.roboflow.com/reefos-supercharging-coral-reef-restoration-with-ai/),[guiding drone flight](https://blog.roboflow.com/georeferencing-drone-videos/), and[much more](https://roboflow.com/templates).

Our team is small relative to our impact, and we believe our user success is our success (not the inverse). A team member summarized: “Roboflow is a company full of giant brains and tiny egos.” We find software has a multiplier effect on all roles (not only product and engineering), so Roboflow employs developers across the company in design, sales, customer support, marketing, and beyond.

We’re supported by great customers and investors, having raised over 63 million from Google Ventures, Y Combinator, Craft Ventures, Sam Altman, Lachy Groom, amongst other leading software investors.

At the center of all of this is[inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference) — one of our most important open source projects and the engine that runs computer vision models everywhere, from cloud GPUs to edge devices in the field. It powers our commercial platform and is relied on by tens of thousands of developers. This role exists to be its steward.

### Why This Role Exists

[Inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference) is growing fast — and so is the volume of contributions, increasingly authored with the help of AI agents. That’s a great problem to have, but it’s outpacing our ability to keep quality high and cut releases on a predictable cadence. Today we ship roughly weekly, and it’s a fight.

We want to flip that equation. The goal is to build and continuously evolve an agentic-driven contribution and release pipeline — automated and semi-automated review, triage, CI/CD, and end-to-end testing — so that we can safely absorb a high volume of agent-generated PRs while staying firmly in control of quality. The ideal end state: nightly end-to-end tests across every target (both standalone and on-platform), backed by a growing, world-grounded suite that validates the real health of every build. With that foundation, daily releases become routine, and we can say “yes” to far more contributions without ever lowering the bar — pushing back, by design, according to strictly defined review standards.

Alongside that, this person becomes the human face of [inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference): teaching internal teams and customers how to get more out of it, partnering with marketing to tell its story, and owning the (genuinely fun) work of bringing new models into the engine.

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What We’re Looking For

Primarily, you like to make great things with passionate colleagues. You are someone who likes to own outcomes, not only inputs. You’re motivated by having responsibility and accountability. You’re eager to ‘do the work,’ big and small.

You’re motivated by the question, “How can I improve this?” and have a track record of doing so, even in ways adjacent to your role. Much of our current team is made up of former founders who thrive in the level of autonomy at Roboflow. Maybe you had a side hustle in high school or college.

You care about open source and the developers who depend on it. One of the best ways to stand out among other applicants is to write about something you’ve built with Roboflow, or to contribute to one of our open source projects — [inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference) especially.

What You’ll Do

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Build and maintain [inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference), our flagship open source and commercial CV inference engine, keeping it healthy and high-quality as contribution volume scales.

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Build an agentic-driven contribution pipeline — automated and semi-automated review, triage, and CI/CD — so we can safely accept a high volume of agent-generated PRs and move from weekly releases toward daily ones.

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Design and grow a world-grounded, ever-expanding test suite that validates real build health across every target (standalone and on-platform), with the goal of nightly end-to-end runs across all of them.

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Define and enforce the “rules of the road” — the review standards and skills that agents and contributors must follow. Exercise sharp judgment on when to merge fast and when to push back, and encode that judgment into the system itself.

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Streamline how new models get added to [inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference) (the most fun part of the job) — making it dramatically faster and easier to bring the latest computer vision and ML models to our users.

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Teach and enable internal teams and customers. Keep our Field Engineers and Support team a step ahead so they can self-serve and go deeper, and help customers get the full value of the product.

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Be the bridge between core engineering and clients — translating new capabilities into docs, demos, stories, and launches which would help people use [inference](https://github.com/roboflow/inference) more effectively.

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Contribute to and grow the broader open source community around the project.

### Who You Are

You are an experienced Machine Learning practitioner who wants to be an important part of an exceptional team that focuses on using Roboflow’s computer vision tools to impact and improve every industry. You have high agency and a bias toward action.

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5+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production-grade ML systems, ideally involving large-scale deployment of modern AI models.

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A real CV/ML foundation — you understand what inference does: how computer vision models work internally, how they’re deployed across diverse environments, and how to adapt them for real-world, high-impact use.

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Stellar agentic skills. You build with AI coding agents fluently and have a track record of using them not just to ship features, but to automate the engineering process itself — review, triage, testing, and CI. You have strong instincts for where agents excel and where they need guardrails.

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Strong CS and systems background, with the ability to independently tackle complex programming, architecture, and reliability challenges and exercise sound judgment on when to move fast and when rigor is essential.

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Hands-on experience with CI/CD, release engineering, and test infrastructure — you’ve built or substantially improved automated testing and delivery pipelines before.

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Practical expertise with core ML technologies, including several of the following: PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, TensorRT, vLLM (or other LLM/model deployment tools).

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Strong proficiency in image and video processing, including several of the following: OpenCV, DeepStream, Pillow, PyAV, hardware-accelerated video decoding. Experience with video streaming protocols is an advantage.

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Excellent communication and soft skills. You can teach, write clearly, and collaborate across engineering, support, field, and marketing — and you actually enjoy it. You’re comfortable being a public-facing voice for a project.

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Open source maintenance experience is a strong plus — you know what it takes to steward a busy repo and a community of contributors.

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Level-up your performance with AI agents.

### Where You’ll Work

Roboflow is distributed across the US and Europe. We currently have Hubs in New York City and San Francisco (and plan to open more as we grow density in new cities). We provide opportunities (like team onsites in different cities) and [resources](https://blog.roboflow.com/how-we-work-together-at-roboflow/) (like a $4000/yr travel stipend) to work in person with other team members as much as you’d like, while also supporting remote team members. You can work from one of our Hubs (we offer a relocation bonus), work from home, work at co-working spaces, etc. We want you to work where you work best!

### What You’ll Receive

To determine your salary, we use a number of market and data-driven salary sources. We review all salaries every six months to ensure we stay in line with the market. This role has a range of $155K – $180K depending on level and location of candidate. We are open to paying beyond these ranges for exceptional talent. If this is you, please apply

💰 We use Tier 1 rates for employees who work out of our San Francisco & New York hubs more than 3+ times per week.

📈 In addition to our cash compensation, we offer generous perks and benefits. Below are some of the highlights:

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$4000/yr Travel Stipend to travel anywhere anytime to work alongside other Roboflowers

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$350/mo Productivity stipend to spend on things that make your work environment more productive, like high-speed internet at home or a co-working space

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$350/mo AI Tools stipend

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Cover up to 100% of your health insurance costs for you and your partner or family

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$150/mo team lunch stipend

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Remote first/flexible schedule allowing you to work collaboratively with other team members and asynchronously

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Unlimited PTO- with an annual 2 week minimum, we encourage you to take time off for yourself

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12 weeks parental leave

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Equity in the company so we are all invested in the future of computer vision

### Interview Process (~5 hours)

Below is the interview process you can expect for this role.

Before the Interview:

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We’ll review your application, LinkedIn, Github, etc.

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The best way to stand out is to write about something you’ve built with Roboflow or contribute to one of [our open source projects](https://roboflow.com/open-source).

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We may send you a technical screen if applicable.

Introduction Phase:

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[15m] Technical Assessment

Team Interview Phase:

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Live coding [45m]

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Home assignment

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[30m] Meet with Inference Core team member

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[60m] Meet with hiring manager

Use this time to review specifics about the job description

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Begin working through your 30/60/90 projects

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Ask questions!

Final Interview Stage:

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[45m] Meet with Head of Operations for a culture discussion

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[30m] Meet with CEO

Note: you are welcome to request additional conversations with anyone you would like to meet and we will accommodate as best we can.

Not sure if this is you?

We want a diverse, global team with a broad range of experience and perspectives. If this job sounds great, but you’re not sure if you qualify, we encourage you to reach out to us at [recruiting@robloflow.com](mailto:recruiting@robloflow.com) or subscribe to our career newsletter by emailing “Subscribe” to [operations@roboflow.com](mailto:operations@roboflow.com). We carefully consider every application and will either move forward with you, find another team that might be a better fit, keep in touch for future opportunities, or thank you for your time.

Learn More About Us

At Roboflow, we believe great ideas come from everywhere—and everyone. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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