Blaze Talent

Machine Learning Engineer @ Phia | $120k - $210k + Equity

Blaze Talent  â€˘  $120k - $210k/yr  â€˘  New York City, NY (Onsite)  â€˘  9 days ago
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Job Description

🚨 Machine Learning Engineer in NYC! 🚨


Our client is hiring a Machine Learning Engineer in NYC!
Since launching just four weeks ago, their app has surpassed 150,000 downloads and is already driving tens of thousands of dollars in daily monetized GMV. Backed by top-tier investors like Kleiner Perkins, they’re building the first end-to-end AI shopping assistant—one that connects 150+ secondhand and retail partners to help users find the best price and make smarter, faster shopping decisions.
They’re looking for kindred builders: engineers who move fast, think deeply, and want to ship products that actually matter. If you thrive on rapid iteration (think: build on Monday, hard launch Tuesday), love working alongside a top-tier product and design team, and are energized by real user feedback, this is your crew.

👷‍♀️ What You'll Do:

  • Architect large-scale systems to ingest data from 60+ resale partners (hundreds of millions of products/day).
  • Build end-to-end ML pipelines (training, serving, optimizing).
  • Develop and fine-tune recommendation and search ranking models.
  • Ship AI features from concept to production, fast.
  • Collaborate closely with frontend, product, and design to build a magical UX.
  • Champion engineering excellence, own major backend and infra decisions.

đź§  What They're Looking For:

  • Experience building and shipping ML systems users love (especially in PyTorch).
  • 2+ years of experience with Python, Node.js, GraphQL, Prisma, gRPC, and/or Protobuf
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure ( GCP preferred).
  • Fullstack flexibility or willingness to dive across the stack.
  • Bonus points browser extension experience, startup hustle, side projects, and shipping speed.

📍 Location & Perks:

This is an NYC-based, in-person team with an office in Union Square. They offer exciting perks like hackathons in Montana and California, a stocked Celsius fridge, and real ownership on a tiny, world-class team with alumni from Pinterest, Honey, Microsoft, and Amazon.
Blaze Talent

About Blaze Talent

Blaze Talent is a boutique recruiting firm that partners with pre-seed to late-stage startups to scale their teams with top talent through embedded recruiting, contingent search, and retained search.

đź’Ľ Embedded Recruiting

We embed experienced recruiters directly into your team to accelerate hiring and provide strategic support. Fully integrated into your workflows, systems, and culture—we act as an extension of your team to consistently deliver high-quality results while providing cost savings compared to contingent or exec search fees.

🔍 Contingent Search

We provide turnkey contingent search solutions for technical roles in software engineering, hardware, and AI. We integrate as a part of your team, sharing vetted candidates in Slack and making warm introductions over email for a seamless, real-time experience with a fast turn around time from kick off to the first candidate introduction.

🎯 Retained Search

For high level IC and leadership searches, we run a structured, high-touch process. From AI-powered role intake and interview planning, to tailored sourcing with highly personalized outreach, we guide you from first brief to final hire with speed, precision, and professionalism.

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Blaze Talent was founded in 2022 by Will Blaze, who led technical recruiting at Peloton for 6 years—hiring 1,500+ employees globally from Series C through the IPO. Will also led 3 sourcing teams at Meta, focused on senior AI/ML engineers across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs. Earlier in his career, he supported companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Fanatics, and CAA as a recruiter in the staffing world.

We’ve placed top talent in Software Engineering, AI/ML, Hardware, Product, Design, Enterprise Systems, Marketing, and People—from mid-level roles to the executive suite.

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
1-10 employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Year Founded
2022
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