Top Machine Learning Jobs in San Diego, CA

Lead the end-to-end ML execution: build and operate data pipelines, training and evaluation systems, and scalable inference. Fine-tune and optimize large models (LoRA/QLoRA/SFT/DPO/distillation), ensure GPU efficiency, monitor production quality, collaborate with product and application engineering, and rapidly ship reliable, safe ML solutions that translate research into production.

Serves as the division’s senior AI advisor, leading the integration of generative AI, LLMs, machine learning, and intelligent data-processing capabilities into mission-critical defense software. Develops AI pipelines, dashboards, prototypes, developer tooling, and AI-augmented engineering standards. Evaluates AI-generated code for security and reliability, mentors engineering teams, supports secure classified deployments, and identifies lifecycle automation opportunities. The role is onsite in Arlington, Mount Laurel, or San Diego, with travel up to 10%.

Build and maintain Palantir Foundry data pipelines, ontologies, applications, workflows, and decision-support capabilities for defense missions. Translate stakeholder needs into technical architectures, integrate structured and unstructured data, troubleshoot production systems, and support client deployments. Collaborate with engineers, analysts, product owners, and mission stakeholders while applying testing, version control, documentation, and deployment best practices. The role requires client-site travel and eligibility for a Secret clearance.

Lead Seer Interactive’s Paid Social division by setting full-funnel strategy across Meta, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, Reddit, and other channels. Manage 3–4 client accounts, lead and develop 4–6 direct reports, oversee testing and AI-driven workflows, collaborate with Creative, SEO, Analytics, and Paid Media teams, grow client and divisional revenue, and build Seer’s public thought leadership through tested insights, case studies, and industry content.

Engage and qualify U.S. business and technology prospects through email, LinkedIn, phone, events, and follow-ups. Research accounts, conduct discovery conversations, explain technology consulting services, qualify leads, schedule meetings, maintain accurate CRM records, and collaborate with marketing on lead quality and messaging. Represent Integrant at customer meetings and industry events, with approximately five to six trips annually.

Partner with healthcare clients to discover, design, and deliver production-grade AI/LLM solutions. Architect cloud-native systems, build and deploy ML/LLM applications, prototype rapidly, troubleshoot distributed systems, and lead client engagements to drive measurable business outcomes while collaborating across product, platform, and engineering teams.

Lead B2B activation marketing to drive patient starts from commercial referral channels by building scalable systems, attribution frameworks, and repeatable playbooks. Implement MarTech and data-driven strategies, run A/B and incrementality tests, automate campaign execution using AI/ML and LLM tools, and templatize activation campaigns while managing and growing a cross-functional team.

Lead technical project success for enterprise AI infrastructure engagements. Collaborate with engineers, clients, and account leaders to capture requirements, decisions, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs. Track constraints involving security, compliance, data sovereignty, procurement, and restricted environments. Maintain project visibility, align deliverables with business objectives, resolve issues, support implementation-to-operations handoffs, and identify expansion and renewal opportunities. Translate complex technical concepts for engineering, business, and executive stakeholders.

Analyze business processes, data quality, and datasets to identify AI and automation opportunities. Translate business requirements into AI/ML use cases, collaborate on model development, evaluate model performance, and deliver dashboards and reports. The role also supports data validation, AI solution monitoring, emerging technology research, governance, compliance, responsible AI, prompt engineering, and generative AI initiatives while partnering with business, data science, engineering, and product teams.

Manage post-sales relationships with a portfolio of customers, primarily financial institutions, to drive adoption and business outcomes from BioCatch’s behavioral biometric solution. Responsibilities include strategic consulting, project coordination, risk and escalation management, customer presentations, quarterly business reviews, roadmap feedback, stakeholder communication, team coaching, statements of work, and identifying expansion opportunities with account managers.

Lead design and implementation of Headway's insurance systems (eligibility, pricing, matching, claims). Build data-intensive, ML-powered platforms and automation, mentor engineers, write high-impact code, and improve accuracy and reliability across state and payer complexity to scale insurance-covered therapy.

Leads business analysis, advanced analytics, KPI development, data modeling, reporting automation, and AI/ML initiatives supporting global data-center construction and operational excellence. Builds datasets, dashboards, performance metrics, forecasts, and scenario models; translates complex findings for executives; aligns technology solutions with business needs; and promotes data governance, documentation, process improvement, and analytics maturity across cross-functional teams.

Owns the roadmap, problem definition, business cases, prioritization, and delivery for a core fintech platform area. Partners with product owners, engineering, data science, marketing, sales, clients, and support to develop scalable, data- and AI-driven capabilities. Monitors adoption, time-to-value, and retention, supports go-to-market activities, incorporates customer feedback, and addresses regulatory and compliance requirements.

Serve as the division’s chief AI advisor, leading adoption, integration, governance, and deployment of generative AI, LLMs, machine learning, and intelligent automation across mission-critical defense software. Develop AI and NLP pipelines, dashboards, prototypes, and developer tooling; establish AI-augmented engineering standards; evaluate AI-generated code; mentor engineering teams; and ensure secure, reliable, compliant implementation in sensitive environments.

Design, productionize, and scale machine learning and optimization models, pipelines, libraries, and deployment platforms. Partner with data scientists, engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to deliver ML capabilities, personalization systems, and reusable end-to-end workflows. Establish ML engineering best practices, troubleshoot data pipelines, mentor junior professionals, and help define BetterHelp’s ML platform strategy.

Manage enterprise metadata, business glossaries, data catalogs, and end-to-end data lineage for a federal case management modernization program. Configure governance and metadata platforms, integrate data sources and pipelines, establish standards and workflows, monitor metadata quality, support compliant data sharing, develop governance metrics, document procedures, and train data stewards and business users.

Own customer outcomes from discovery through production deployment. Build decision systems using ontologies, reasoning, graph analytics, optimization, and machine learning over enterprise data. Write Python, SQL, and PyRel; debug unfamiliar systems; tune performance; harden deployments; document reusable solutions; and upstream platform improvements. Lead technical workshops and proofs of concept while partnering closely with customers, Product, and Engineering.

Drive new-logo sales and revenue growth for Wonderlic’s talent assessment and employee development solutions. Identify and prospect target clients, build relationships with HR and recruiting decision-makers, manage opportunities through the full sales cycle, close new business, and transition customers to Customer Success. Maintain expertise in products, market trends, and competitive conditions while providing strategic insights. The role requires B2B SaaS and HR technology sales experience, quota achievement, pipeline generation, and experience selling to SMB, mid-market, and enterprise buyers.

Instructor-led AI and machine learning training covering theory, data preprocessing, algorithms, model building, analytics, real-time projects, case studies, and practical business and IT applications. Participants use Python, TensorFlow, and Scikit-learn and receive certification upon successful completion.

Own strategic partnerships with CPG customers, driving measurable outcomes, platform adoption, user expansion, and retention. Analyze usage data and business context to identify risks and opportunities, develop success plans, lead executive and operational relationships, and advocate for customers internally. Collaborate with product, sales, marketing, and support teams while contributing to repeatable playbooks, thought leadership, and customer best practices.

Build and maintain Quora’s machine learning platform and distributed model-serving infrastructure. Develop scalable systems for recommendation and language models, optimize GPU serving latency, throughput, and cost, improve ML tooling and feature stores, and contribute to platform modernization. The role includes production deployment, collaboration with senior engineers, mentoring, and participation in an on-call rotation.

Conduct applied research on scalable optimization and resource-allocation algorithms for large communication networks. Apply machine learning, reinforcement learning, integer optimization, graph-based methods, and metaheuristics to improve solution quality and efficiency. Collaborate with software engineers to integrate algorithms into production aerospace networking systems, evaluate performance at realistic scale, publish research, support patent applications, and document novel methods.

Leads complex marketing technology consulting engagements, including platform audits, analytics and tag-management implementations, CDP integrations, marketing automation and CRM integrations, and personalization solutions. Manages client relationships, technical roadmaps, project scopes, documentation, deliverables, and stakeholder communications. Mentors junior engineers, trains client teams, improves engineering quality practices, and contributes thought leadership on AI, machine learning, attribution, and customer experience optimization.

Build and maintain computer vision and machine learning pipelines for automated device inspection, grading, and quality assessment. Responsibilities include data preparation, feature engineering, model training and evaluation, production Python development, monitoring, annotation workflows, documentation, code reviews, and collaboration with product and operations teams. The role supports the full ML lifecycle and offers increasing ownership under senior engineering guidance.

Manage the operational integrity of an automated group health insurance underwriting workflow. Review and approve RFPs, validate broker and external data, correct errors, monitor funnel and risk metrics, analyze quote-to-bind performance, triage inquiries, coordinate with sales and health plan operations, and maintain underwriting dashboards and reporting.