[Remote] Sr Machine Learning Engineer, AI Research

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cribl is a leading company building telemetry infrastructure for the AI era, partnering with major enterprises to enhance their AI capabilities. The Sr Machine Learning Engineer will work closely with the founding team to integrate AI/ML technologies into the product suite, focusing on designing and evaluating machine learning models and collaborating with engineers to deliver solutions that address customer needs. Responsibilities • Design, train, and evaluate machine learning models across a range of research and applied AI initiatives • Run rapid, iterative experiments to test hypotheses and surface insights that drive model improvements • Collaborate closely with researchers and engineers to translate cutting-edge academic advances into practical, production-ready systems • Build and maintain robust ML pipelines for data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation • Optimize model performance through fine-tuning, hyperparameter search, and architecture experimentation • Contribute to a culture of rigorous experimentation; tracking results, documenting findings, and sharing learnings with the broader team • Stay current with the latest developments in ML and AI research, and proactively identify opportunities to apply them • This position may require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties during critical research or deployment milestones Skills • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field with 4+ years of industry or research experience (Master's or PhD a plus) • Deep hands-on experience training and evaluating ML models, including language models • Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow • Familiarity with MLOps tooling and infrastructure (e.g., MLflow, Weights & Biases, Kubeflow, or similar) • Solid understanding of modern NLP, computer vision, and/or reinforcement learning techniques • Strong ability to move fast without sacrificing rigor; you know when to prototype and when to productionize • Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly present experimental results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders Benefits • Incentive compensation (commission) for sales and some sales-adjacent roles • Participate in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program for all other roles • Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance • Paid holidays and paid time off • Fertility treatment benefit • 401(k) • Equity Company Overview • Cribl, the AI Platform for Telemetry, empowers enterprises to manage and analyze telemetry for humans and agents. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.cribl.io. Company H1B Sponsorship • Cribl has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2026, 15 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 6 in 2023, 12 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.