Senior Machine Learning Engineer
OhaloSouth San Francisco, California, United States • San Francisco, California, United States
Posted January 16, 2026
170000 - 220000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
OhaloTM aims to accelerate evolution to unlock nature's potential. Founded in 2019, Ohalo develops novel breeding systems and improved plant varieties that help farmers grow more food with fewer natural resources, increasing the yield, resiliency, and genetic diversity of crops to sustainably feed our population.
Job Description
Ohalo is looking for a hands-on Senior Machine Learning Engineer / Lead to convert cutting-edge quantitative-genetics and computer vision research into production systems that accelerate crop improvement.
Requirements
- Design, build, and maintain scalable ML pipelines on GCP (or the best-fit cloud) using Python, BigQuery/Spark, Kubernetes, and CI/CD best practices.
- Mentor & grow a small team—provide technical guidance, establish code-review norms, and cultivate a culture of rapid, well-engineered experimentation.
- Own model-ops lifecycle: automated testing, containerized deployment, continuous monitoring, and A/B evaluation against breeding KPIs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with plant scientists, data engineers, and the automation group to ingest high-throughput phenotyping data and close feedback loops.
- Establish MLOps Excellence: Build robust infrastructure for model versioning, data lineage, and automated retraining; implement 'champion-challenger' deployment patterns to safely promote research models to production while ensuring full auditability of breeding decisions.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Relocation Assistance
