Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Databricks)

<h3>Company Description</h3><p><strong>About the company</strong></p><p>Hiflylabs is a Budapest-based company. We have 200+ employees at this moment and we are constantly thriving. Our application development team and business intelligence experts work to provide effective solutions to business problems.</p><p>Our professional team has proved its expertise through 10 years of experience, participating in multiple Business Intelligence projects - both Hungarian and international - in various industries, such as the financial, telecommunication and energy sectors.</p><p>We deliver a wide portfolio of innovative business solutions that include Data Warehouses, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics. In the last few years we have acquired a high level of competence in Application Development.</p><p>Hiflylabs is committed to innovation, and encourages the realization of innovative initiatives in the form of independent startups.</p><p>Get an insight on how we work and check out our <a href="https://hiflylabs.com/">Website</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/hiflylabs/">LinkedIn page</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@hiflylabs">YouTube channel</a>!</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Deliver independently Machine Learning Engineering projects using Databricks, leveraging its Unified Analytics Platform</li><li>Engage directly with clients to understand their business objectives and translate them into technical requirements.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI/ML solutions into the company's product offerings.</li><li>Provide thought leadership within the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.</li><li>Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in AI/ML to ensure our solutions remain cutting-edge.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong>General qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>7+ years relevant data science / machine learning engineering experience.</li><li>Hands-on experience in Databricks, Python, Spark, SQL.</li><li>Fluent English speaker with excellent communication skills, comfortable in client-facing roles.</li><li>Bachelor's or Master's degree preferably in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology or a related field.</li><li>Hands-on experience with generative AI/LLM projects.</li><li>Affinity to building product / product-oriented vision</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Technical requirements</strong></p><ul><li>Strong Python and SQL skills</li><li>Databricks Platform knowledge: Delta Lake, Notebooks, Workflows, Connect, MLFlow</li><li>Knowledge of at least one of the cloud platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP), with a preference for experience in Azure Databricks.</li><li>Knowledge of data modeling, schema design, data warehousing concepts.</li><li>Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques.</li><li>Relevant knowledge about data pipelines using a variety of source and target platforms (eg: Databricks, SQL databases, big data stores, NoSQL)</li><li>Manage and optimize Databricks clusters for performance and cost efficiency</li><li>Version control: Github / BitBucket / Azure DevOps</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Nice to have</strong></p><ul><li>Knowledge of stream processing, API handling, message queuing</li><li>ML Lifecycle management (e.g.: MLFlow / wandb)</li><li>Python based web frameworks (e.g.: Streamlit / FastAPI / Flask)</li><li>Automatization pipelines on cloud (e.g.: Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, Databricks notebook jobs)</li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><p><strong>Why us?</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Diverse projects:</strong> In each assignment there is always something new either on the technical or on the business side that helps you grow.</li><li><strong>Cutting edge technology:</strong> You will work with many of the most up-to-date technologies and tools.</li><li><strong>Strong and motivating team:</strong> We stress the importance of working together in tight-knit, cohesive teams in which members help each other to reach the common goal.</li><li><strong>Work-life balance:</strong> We help you to feel good individually as well, and coordinate work so as it should align with your leisure activities.</li><li><strong>Professional development: </strong>There are team gatherings on a regular schedule where colleagues can share their knowledge, and have deep technical discussions.</li><li><strong>Focus on company culture:</strong> In addition to our business and professional achievements we are proud of the social bonding in the company, which is based on mutual respect and helping one another.</li><li><strong>Personal mentoring</strong>: You will have your own mentor (just like everybody at Hiflylabs) who you can turn to with professional issues as well as with personal ones.</li></ul>