Staff Machine Learning Engineer

lightfield· Engineering
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📍 HQ: San FranciscoFullTime💰 USD 220K–300K

About this role

About Lightfield

Lightfield is reimagining CRM as a world model of a business. By learning from emails, meetings, and customer conversations, we’re building a living understanding of how a company works—so AI can help teams anticipate what comes next, make better decisions, and take action.

More than 5,000 companies have used the product since its November launch. We’ve raised more than $70M from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Maverick Ventures, and Greylock to attack the biggest software category in the world. We previously built Tome, which reached more than 25 million users, and our team brings experience from Llama, Instagram, Google, and Salesforce.

About the role

Lightfield's AI/ML team builds the experiences at the core of our product, developing new applications to wow our customers.

Today, the team is focused on building a powerful, domain-specific AI that outperforms generic LLMs.

We’re inspired by the challenge of creating innovative new AI products for people doing serious work, and we’re looking to grow our AI/ML team to meet that challenge.

 

What you'll do

  • Create and ship magical, highly-differentiated AI experiences that sales teams are eager to use

  • Craft Lightfield's AI/ML strategy in tight collaboration with founders and execs

  • Identify user needs that are well suited for AI/ML solutions, frame the problems, and collaborate with product leaders on solutions

  • Prototype innovative, LLM-powered experiences, and drive their development into robust product features

  • Help build a world class AI/ML engineering team by recruiting and mentoring teammates

 

Who you are

  • You have a BS or MS degree in CS, AI, or applied math

  • You have 7+ years of experience building AI/ML based products in NLP domains

  • You have a strong understanding of deep learning AI/ML frameworks or cloud services

  • You have hands-on ML Ops experience

 

Bonus Points

  • Experience leading AI/ML product initiatives

  • Publications in applied AI/ML scientific journals

  • Experience navigating open source/vendor solutions in LLM ops space (LangChain, Llama, Pinecone, etc)

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive salary

  • Meaningful early equity

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)

  • 3 weeks of PTO

  • 11 paid company holidays + we enjoy a winter holiday break

  • 3 months of paid family leave

  • Wednesdays work from home

  • Regular team dinners, events, offsites, and retreats

  • 401k plan

  • Other perks include: commuter and lunch stipend

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the salary for the Staff Machine Learning Engineer role at lightfield?
The listed salary for this Staff Machine Learning Engineer position at lightfield is USD 220K–300K. This is an FullTime role.
Where is the Staff Machine Learning Engineer position at lightfield located?
This Staff Machine Learning Engineer role at lightfield is based in HQ: San Francisco. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Staff Machine Learning Engineer role at lightfield full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer role in the Engineering department at lightfield.
Which team or department does the Staff Machine Learning Engineer at lightfield belong to?
This Staff Machine Learning Engineer position is part of the Engineering department at lightfield. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Staff Machine Learning Engineer position at lightfield?
Click the "Apply Now" button on this page. You will be redirected to lightfield's official application portal hosted on ashby where you can submit your application directly.
When was the Staff Machine Learning Engineer job at lightfield posted?
This Staff Machine Learning Engineer position at lightfield was posted on Oct 13, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
lightfield · 💰 USD 220K–300K
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