Principal Machine Learning Engineer – FinTech

Job Description

About the Role and Company
EC1 Partners has been retained by a VC-backed FinTech firm headquartered in New York that’s building next-generation tools for institutional investors. Their platform ingests real-time financial data and applies advanced machine learning to automate decision-making across portfolio strategies. As Principal ML Engineer, you’ll lead innovation across the ML tech stack, shaping the future of AI in finance.

What You Will Do

• Architect and deploy scalable ML models for investment strategies
• Work with large datasets in real-time financial environments
• Collaborate with data scientists, quants, and software engineers
• Optimize model performance using Python and cloud ML platforms
• Define best practices for machine learning across the org

What You Bring

• 6+ years in ML/AI roles within FinTech or financial services
• Deep expertise in Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and model ops
• Experience with time-series data and market signals
• Strong background in cloud computing (AWS, GCP)
• M.S. or Ph.D. in CS, ML, Statistics, or a related field