About Mercury® Financial
Mercury® Financial is an innovative and growing financial services company with locations in both Austin, TX and Wilmington, DE. Our mission is to help customers build and maintain their financial future by offering them credit cards they can afford and understand. After only a few years, we’ve had great success building a significant credit card program, but we are aiming higher, which means we have lots of challenging problems for you to help us solve. Come onboard, work with some of the most talented individuals who thrive on collaboration and teamwork; and help us continue to build something special.
Location
Mercury® Financial is headquartered in the progressive and entrepreneurial tech hub of Austin, Texas. Our physical location is situated in a beautiful park like setting called the Domain. The Domain's ideal location and exceptional amenities, amazing restaurant selection and convenient parking, are all perfect for after work happy hours!
What it’s like to work here
We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment, promoting creativity, learning, and collaboration. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking team where every employee is encouraged to bring new ideas and lead initiatives in their areas of expertise. At Mercury Financial, your contributions will have a direct impact on our company’s success.
What a day is like
- Lead the end-to-end design and architecture of scalable machine learning solutions across the organization
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define the machine learning strategy and ensure alignment with product and business goals
- Design and implement machine learning models and pipelines for production systems, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and performance
- Guide teams through the model development lifecycle; from data ingestion, model training and validation, to deployment and monitoring
- Leverage cloud-based infrastructure (preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure) to optimize the architecture for machine learning workloads
- Solve business needs and drive innovation by applying up-to-date AI/ML technologies, frameworks, and best practices
- Work with engineers to build out data pipelines, feature engineering solutions, and model serving architectures
- Ensure model explainability, transparency, and compliance with regulatory standards
- Solve complex technical challenges related to big data, machine learning algorithms, and real-time model serving
- Provide architectural oversight and strategic direction for scalable ML/AI solutions
- Architect and optimize machine learning solutions to handle large-scale datasets
- Conduct model evaluations and ensure performance meets or exceeds business needs
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of ML models into production environments
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to data scientists and machine learning engineers
Job Requirements
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5+ years of relevant experience in machine learning, data science, with a focus on designing and deploying scalable ML solutions
- Proven experience in ML architecture, including designing data pipelines, model deployment, and automation processes
- Strong programming skills in languages, such as, Python, Java, or Scala and experience with ML libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn
- Expertise in cloud platforms (i.e., AWS) for deploying and scaling ML models
- In-depth knowledge of data engineering, big data technologies (e.g., Apache Spark), and model optimization techniques
- Hands-on experience with tools like Docker and Kubernetes for containerized applications and orchestration
- Solid understanding of supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning algorithms
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on model performance, scalability, and deployment
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders
Why you’ll love working here
At Mercury® Financial, we believe in providing an environment where employees can grow professionally and personally. You’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of our machine learning initiatives and contribute to cutting-edge projects. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and a collaborative culture that rewards innovation and hard work.
Some benefits include:
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees and dependents
- Life insurance
- 401K with a generous employer match
- Wellness programs and company events
- A flexible and hybrid work environment
Mercury® Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.