Top Machine Learning Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design, build, and maintain ELT pipelines and analytics-ready data models to support reporting, KPIs, and downstream ML use cases; implement data quality, optimize pipeline performance, document lineage, and ensure governance and privacy.

Design and maintain datasets, build and evaluate domain-specific ML and vision-language models for real-time privileged access threat detection; deploy and optimize Python/Docker inference services integrated with WebSocket/WebRTC and protocol-level interfaces; monitor and document production models.

Lead QA for AI/ML features: design and execute test plans, build Python automation to validate LLM outputs, guardrails, and data pipelines; perform regression, security/privacy validation, and analyze logs/metrics to ensure reliability.

Design and implement machine learning algorithms for robotic manipulation, focusing on RL and IL. Collaborate across disciplines to ensure integration and successful deployment.

The Senior Machine Learning Engineer will build and operate ML systems end-to-end, focusing on production-grade ML platforms, feature pipelines, and MLOps practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Analyze biological datasets using machine learning and deep learning, collaborate on research projects, and communicate findings through visualizations and reports.

The AI/ML Specialist Solution Architect Intern will assist in designing AI solutions, learning about distributed workloads, and preparing technical materials, gaining mentorship and exposure to modern ML frameworks and GPU infrastructure.

The Staff AI/ML Engineer will lead AI product development, ensure system health, and collaborate with teams on product features while maintaining security and compliance.

Design and implement production-grade ML systems for ICS/OT cybersecurity, build and optimize models (including NLP/LLMs), develop data pipelines and MLOps workflows, collaborate with data teams to deploy and monitor models in cloud and on-prem containerized environments, and troubleshoot production performance and resource issues.

The Applied Scientist AI/ML Intern will work on building data pipelines, finetuning LLMs, and deploying AI models in a collaborative team environment.

The AI Director will oversee ML bot development and implementation, identify AI opportunities, educate teams, and prototype AI solutions.