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ML Engineer (Intelligence) - Bengaluru

CLANX
Bengaluru, IND
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
machine learningapplied AIXGBoostnatural language processingrecommendation systemspersonalization

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Role Overview

Build Oolka’s core machine learning intelligence by leading model selection, evaluation frameworks, and the retrieval and memory layer for AI systems.

This is a research-driven ML Engineering role focused on first-principles problem solving.

About Oolka

Oolka is an AI-powered consumer fintech company focused on helping users improve and manage their credit health with AI.

ClanX is a recruitment partner supporting Oolka’s ML Engineering hiring.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in machine learning or applied AI.
  • Strong ML foundations with hands-on experience in XGBoost, NLP, recommendation systems, personalization, and large-scale retrieval.
  • Deep understanding of LLM architecture, training, and inference.
  • Mandatory LLM post-training experience through fine-tuning and/or reinforcement learning.
  • Experience designing model evaluation frameworks and benchmarking methodologies.
  • Strong knowledge of retrieval systems, embeddings, ranking, and memory architectures.
  • Ability to define ambiguous ML problems from first principles and independently drive solutions.
  • Strong experimentation mindset, data-driven decision making, communication, and technical reasoning.

Responsibilities

  • Own model selection strategy for production AI systems.
  • Design and build evaluation frameworks for LLM quality and performance.
  • Architect and build Oolka’s retrieval and memory layer from scratch.
  • Develop scalable retrieval pipelines and ranking systems.
  • Improve model quality with fine-tuning and reinforcement learning approaches.
  • Drive research-backed experimentation for continuous model improvement.
  • Translate ambiguous problems into robust ML solutions with product and engineering teams.
  • Establish best practices for ML experimentation, evaluation, and deployment.

Interview Process

  • The interview process includes recruiter screening, a hiring manager discussion, an ML deep dive, system design and problem solving, and a founder round.

Location

  • The listed role location is Bengaluru.
  • The source does not explicitly state whether the role is remote, hybrid, or onsite.

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