Machine Learning Engineer

Remote$175k – $220k + EquityNo Visa Sponsorship

About this role

About The Role

As a Machine Learning Engineer, you’ll do more than build models - you’ll design the systems that make fraud detection possible. You’ll work across modeling, data pipelines, and backend systems (Go) to ensure ML models run reliably, efficiently, and at scale.

This is a chance to combine applied ML with large-scale systems engineering, owning end-to-end solutions that tackle high-stakes, ever-evolving challenges.

What you’ll be doing:

Build and optimize data pipelines and backend services to process device and behavioral data in real time.

Develop and deploy ML models for fraud detection, ensuring they run reliably and efficiently in production.

Turn raw data into production-ready features that feed our fraud detection systems.

Collaborate with platform and backend engineers to integrate models seamlessly.

Maintain high standards of security, privacy, and compliance.

Champion best practices in testing, documentation, and observability.

What you’ll need:

5+ years in software engineering, with strong backend experience (Go or Python).

Hands-on experience with applied ML using large datasets (PyTorch, Scikit-learn, etc.).

Strong SQL skills and familiarity with relational and non-relational databases.

Experience with end-to-end ML systems: feature pipelines, model deployment, monitoring, and iteration.

Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Bonus Points

Domain knowledge in fraud, risk, or cybersecurity.

Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes and the modern devops framework.

Understanding of modern browser APIs and high-entropy data collection techniques.

Familiarity with leveraging frontier LLMs for automation.

Company at a glance

Sardine is an AI risk platform that helps enterprises prevent fraud, ensure compliance, and improve credit decisions using device intelligence and behavior biometrics. The company serves over 70 countries and partners with industry leaders including Visa, Experian, and Moody's.

Founded2020
Team Size201-500
WorkspaceRemote
StageSeries C
IndustryFinTech
Locations
Canada ·Remote (Canada) ·Remote (United States)
Investors
11.2 Capital ·Activant Capital ·Alloy Labs ·Andreessen Horowitz ·Coinbase Ventures ·ConsenSys ·Cross Creek Advisors ·Cross River Digital Ventures ·Experian Ventures ·Geodesic Capital ·Google Ventures ·ING Ventures ·Moody's Analytics ·NAventures ·National Bank of Canada ·Nyca Partners ·Sound Ventures ·Sweat Equity Ventures ·The General Partnership ·Uniswap Labs Ventures ·Village Global ·Visa ·XYZ Venture Capital
Websitesardine.ai
LinkedInLinkedIn

What happens next

Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

A meeting lands on your calendar

When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.

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