Ai Machine Learning Platform Engineer

**About us**

Motion is an American French tech B2B, B2B2C company, solutions include SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, and Online Marketplace.

**About the Role**

As an artificial intelligence/machine learning engineer, you will join and lead our ML/AI platform team focusing on designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable features and services to support end-to-end ML/AI pipelines on Motion platform. You will work closely with the users, systems designers, and developers. You will engage with engineering and operations teams to lead and develop machine-learning solutions for a variety of tasks and projects using a multitude of tools and techniques. You will also be trusted advisor for best practice machine learning development. You will collaborate with the ML/AI algorithms team and other engineering teams to bring industry-leading machine learning solutions to Motion customers. Your responsibilities will include: Architecting and developing machine learning solutions. Develop proof-of-concept apps that use machine learning on petabytes of operational data that provide analytical insight to engineering teams. Work closely with platform development teams to integrate ML tools/solutions to a high-performance production solution model.

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**Key Qualifications**
- Entrepreneurial minded, strong analytical problem-solving skills, and an aptitude for learning systems quickly.
- Strong software development skills with proficiency in Python (applied background in Spark, Hive, Cassandra, and knowledge of R is a plus).
- Development experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS. Linux stack and Docker.
- 2+ years in data structures, algorithms, highly concurrent programming, analysis of algorithm complexity
- Experience in cloud development principles and patterns, particularly loosely coupled architectures and micro-services
- Experienced use of machine learning and statistical-analysis libraries, such as GraphLab Create, scikit-learn, scipy, NetworkX, Spacy and NLTK.
- Experience with deep learning frameworks, such as mxnet, Torch, Caffe, and TensorFlow.
- Strong working knowledge of ML algorithms including decision trees, probability networks, association rules, clustering, regression, and neural networks.
- High level of autonomy and influence to unblock delivery of results (evaluate and solve difficult problems involving various teams ranging from data instrumentation to analytics tool development).
- A strong desire to establish standards of “Best Practice”
- Ability to analyze existing database schema DDL/instance layout and determine impacts migration to new target schema/instance environment.
- Ability to explain and present analyses machine learning concepts to a broad business and technical audience.

**Education**

BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering. Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics highly desirable.

**Additional Requirements**
- Minimum 3-5 years professional experience in a related/similar occupation.
- Familiar with Secure Software Development Life Cycle
- Practical experience with building ML platforms, tools, and systems is a definite plus
- Native English speaker, or fluent in English as a second language is a must.
- Proven relationship building and ability to effectively influence peers and management.
- A strong sense of ownership. Able to develop and present complex problems in a simple way.
- Ability to quickly switch between details and the big picture.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present to management.
- Experience with a global company and virtual teams is required.
- This position may require up to 15% travel.

**Compensation**:
This is a paid position commensurate with experience and performance.

Ideal job opportunity in
**Paris** for professionals and expats seeking
**employment** opportunities with English as the main
**working** language.

The AI Machine Learning Platform Engineer must be French native language speaker and/or fluent in English (able to lead and manage local and global teams and communicate in English with virtual teams from different locations).

**LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY - NO VISA SPONSORING TO THE U.S.**
- About Us:

**Motion **is an early-stage technology start-up company based in Paris, France and New York City, U.S. Our vision is to build a smart innovation ecosystem that allows innovators, consumers, and businesses to do all aspects of business online. We at Motion are on a mission to make the world a more innovative and prosperous place, one community, one ecosystem at a time.