Top Machine Learning Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Lead and scale engineering teams building Protect, a real-time multi-signal fraud detection platform. Set technical strategy, develop managers and senior engineers, deliver distributed systems and APIs, improve architecture, observability, reliability, and developer productivity while partnering with Product, Research, Security, and exec stakeholders.

Lead client-facing Data & Analytics engagements across pre-sales, architecture, and delivery. Define strategy, roadmaps, solution designs, and SOWs for modern data platforms, pipelines, governance, analytics, and AI enablement. Drive practice development, create reusable IP, mentor teams, and ensure quality delivery and strong business outcomes.

Lead design and delivery of a unified, real-time billing platform that embeds AI/ML to automate reconciliations, detect anomalies, enable predictive insights, and create autonomous finance workflows across global billing operations.

As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will lead the AI Platform team to define roadmaps, collaborate with technical experts, and improve healthcare delivery by leveraging AI technologies.

Own the technical side of deal progression for airline deployments: qualify opportunities, run demos and POCs, author integration and deployment architectures (PSS, APIs, data feeds, DNS, identity, networking), respond to RFPs/security questionnaires, scope SOWs and NFRs, and build reusable demo/reference assets to drive adoption and expansion while liaising between sales, engineering, and customers.

Lead and execute product strategy for Everyday Money: define product thesis and roadmap, ship product lines, run AI innovation lab for agentic consumer experiences, manage and develop PMs, partner with design, Credit, and external partners, and own business economics and compliance for durable retention and monetization.

Senior presales role driving planning solution strategy for large enterprises. Lead executive discovery, design tailored demos, articulate value of Workday Adaptive Planning and AI-enabled forecasting, support sales motions (RFPs, workshops, POCs), mentor peers, and travel up to 50% to engage customers and represent Workday at events.

The role involves leading the development of software tools for AI in chemistry, engaging with stakeholders, and translating scientific advancements into product directions.

Lead Safety Architect for autonomous vehicles, focusing on safety architecture, metrics, analysis, and collaborative processes for software delivery and safety standards.

Provide transactional counsel on open source licensing/compliance, AI-related licensing, and IP licensing. Review external publications and developer-facing materials, negotiate university research and data agreements, draft IP terms in commercial agreements, build playbooks/templates, and partner with engineering, data science, marketing, and international colleagues to manage IP risk and govern open source releases.

Lead end-to-end supply chain planning science: own forecasting tournaments, inventory placement optimization, vendor performance systems, and raw-material signals. Define methodology, production models, and iteration loops; drive AI-native workflows (LLM-aided EDA, agentic feature engineering), partner with planning operators and engineering, and mentor junior scientists to raise methodological standards and deliver measurable business impact.

Lead strategic GTM and co-selling initiatives with Google Cloud to drive NVIDIA AI adoption. Develop and maintain technical enablement assets, run developer activations and events, collaborate with Google Cloud field and engineering teams, convert samples into demos and labs, and translate customer feedback into product and roadmap insights.

Lead and deliver complex, cross-team AI platform programs: manage schedules, risks, integration of AI workflows and agents, enable operational readiness, drive TPM best practices, and communicate status and metrics to stakeholders in a remote, multi-timezone environment.

Lead and supervise stability studies and quality records to ensure cGMP compliance. Manage CAPAs, OOS/OOT investigations, stability data analysis and reporting, mentor laboratory staff, coordinate cross-functional stability projects, support audits, and drive continuous improvement and sustainability initiatives to optimize product shelf-life and regulatory readiness.

Own RevOps data models and BI infrastructure to drive GTM strategy. Clean and analyze datasets, build predictive models, define and track leading/lagging KPIs, deploy dashboards, document data definitions, and deliver executive-ready insights while partnering cross-functionally with Finance and GTM teams.

Lead go-to-market strategy for Magnet Forensics' security, incident response, and AI product portfolio. Influence executive, product, and sales stakeholders; translate technical AI/ML and forensic capabilities into messaging; develop buyer personas; create sales enablement and demand-generation content; evangelize products at events; partner with competitive intelligence and customer advocacy; mentor product marketing team members.

Lead enterprise design and deployment of standardized, scalable bovine IVF production systems. Drive process architecture, SPC, automation, AI/advanced analytics, Lean/Six Sigma, quality systems, and organizational development to reduce variability, increase throughput, and ensure consistent outcomes across laboratories and field operations.

Lead AI-focused internal audits and investigations to detect misuse, fraud, compliance violations, and insider threats in AI systems. Develop methodologies, analytics, continuous monitoring, and control assessments; supervise auditors; partner with Legal, Security, Privacy, and business stakeholders; and deliver risk-based findings and remediation recommendations.

Lead and manage complex financial, operational, and integrated audits; assess internal control design and effectiveness; use advanced data analytics and AI-enabled tools to identify risks, develop recommendations, report to leadership, and drive remediation and continuous improvement.

Drive independent, high-impact research on frontier AI topics, publish findings, collaborate widely, and mentor new researchers in the field.

Lead architecture and technical strategy for AI-driven product quality systems using LLMs and agents. Build scalable evaluation frameworks, detect regressions, generate insights, and drive cross-functional adoption while mentoring engineers and defining standards for trustworthy AI.

Lead client-facing full-stack Java development, mentor teams, design solutions, promote engineering best practices (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, TDD), and deliver enterprise software using modern cloud, container, and JS frameworks.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the development of computer vision systems for sidewalk inspection, overseeing model lifecycle, system architecture, and mentoring while improving deployment practices.

Lead the commercial engine: build partnership function, close enterprise platform partnerships, own full marketing (positioning, content, paid, website), design AI-leveraged GTM stack, translate product-market fit, run pipeline and commercial reporting, and hire a team when metrics justify growth.

Lead procurement strategy and supplier selection for inbound products and services. Manage RFIs/RFPs, negotiate contracts with Legal, administer Coupa purchase orders, reconcile invoices, and apply AI/ML and reporting tools to optimize procurement processes while collaborating with cross-functional senior stakeholders.