About the job
Saris AI, based in San Francisco with teams in Montreal and Toronto, develops advanced agentic AI systems for the banking industry. The company focuses on automating complex workflows that require long-context reasoning, integration with legacy systems, and strict compliance. With live AI agents already supporting real customer operations, Saris AI is expanding quickly and seeking technical leaders who want to shape the future of work in banking.
Role overview
This is a hands-on leadership position within the core engineering team in San Francisco. The Machine Learning Engineering Lead will guide machine learning systems from initial concept through scaling, helping define both the technical vision and the supporting infrastructure.
What you will do
- Oversee the ML/AI function end to end, setting technical direction and standards across the company.
- Design and supervise development of multi-modal, agentic AI systems that power live customer workflows.
- Build and manage evaluation frameworks, datasets, and metrics to improve agent performance.
- Drive productionization of ML systems with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and compliance.
- Recruit, develop, and mentor a high-performing ML team, fostering strong practices in modeling, experimentation, and deployment.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in machine learning or AI engineering, including time as a technical lead or manager.
- Proven track record leading ML projects from concept to production deployment.
- Expertise with large language models (LLMs) and/or agentic systems, especially in customer-facing products.
- Strong grasp of ML fundamentals: deep learning, transformers, model evaluation, and trade-offs.
- Hands-on experience scaling ML systems in production, with a focus on monitoring, iteration, and reliability.
- Ability to lead engineering teams, influence architecture, and set technical direction.
- Comfort working in early-stage, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environments.

