Director, Machine Learning & Platform

reputed company is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It's hard to reputed company that it's 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We're here to change that! reputed company enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that reputed company fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to reputed company as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user reputed company, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us reputed company our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team? The Role reputed company is seeking a Director of Machine Learning & Platform to reputed company the vision, strategy, and execution of our machine learning platform and applied ML initiatives. This role is responsible for building the foundational ML capabilities that power critical fintech use cases across compliance, reputed company, and internal operations, enabling reputed company to scale safely and reputed company. You will reputed company a team of ML engineers and data scientists, partnering closely with Product, Compliance, Customer Support, Risk, and Engineering leaders. This role combines ML platform ownership, hands-on applied machine learning leadership, and deep cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced, regulated environment to deliver reliable, interpretable, and scalable ML systems with real customer and business impact.

What You'll Do

• Own the end-to-end machine learning platform, including model development workflows, training, deployment, monitoring, retraining, and lifecycle management.
• Define and execute the roadmap for scalable ML infrastructure supporting both real-time and batch use cases.
• reputed company applied machine learning initiatives supporting compliance and reputed company, including areas such as:
• Compliance monitoring, alerting, and investigation support
• reputed company automation, prioritization, and insight reputed company
• Internal operational tooling and responsible AI adoption
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate reputed company business, customer, and regulatory problems into production ML solutions.
• Build, mentor, and scale a small team of ML engineers and applied scientists, operating as a player-coach reputed company needed.

reputed company're Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in machine learning, data science, or reputed company engineering roles, with leadership experience.
• Excellent communication skills and experience influencing senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience building and operating production ML systems and platforms.
• Background in fintech, financial services, payments, lending, or other regulated industries.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to balance innovation with operational excellence.

reputed company takes a market-based approach to pay, and compensation may vary depending on your primary work location. Work locations are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be commensurate with their experience, qualifications, and reputed company's internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks.

• Tier A (NYC/SF): $280,000-$350,000 USD
• Tier B: $252,000-$315,000 USD
• Tier C: $238,000-$297,500 USD

Life at reputed company: We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in reputed company, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace. We offer many employee benefits & perks. For full-time U.S based positions we offer:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision available from Day 1
• Company equity
• 401(k) plan with company match (our company match kicks off at the beginning of 2026)
• Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
• Parental leave
• reputed company Cares Program
• Free reputed company subscription

For full time non-US employees, we offer

• Competitive compensation + company equity
• Unlimited PTO

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