Lead Software Engineer - Machine Learning

Company Description

Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of “solutions” that promise to simplify their lives. To create a better experience for their customers and employees. To help them grow. Software is a choice that can make or break a business. Create better or worse experiences. Propel or throttle growth. Business software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done. 

There’s another option. Freshworks. With a fresh vision for how the world works.

At Freshworks, we build uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences. Our enterprise-grade solutions are powerful, yet easy to use, and quick to deliver results. Our people-first approach to AI eliminates friction, making employees more effective and organizations more productive. Over 72,000 companies, including Bridgestone, New Balance, Nucor, S&P Global, and Sony Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And, over 4,500 Freshworks employees make this possible, all around the world. 

Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.

Job Description

Impact You Will Create

• Bridge Research and Production: Serve as the critical link translating theoretical data science research and sophisticated algorithms into product-ready, enterprise-scale implementations.

• Scale to Millions: Build and deploy robust ML APIs and data pipelines engineered to handle millions of requests with high efficiency, low latency, and reliability.

• Architect from Scratch: Drive organizational technical alignment by architecting high-performance ML solutions from the ground up and leading cross-functional adoption.

Roles & Responsibilities

• ML Algorithm Implementation: Collaborate with Data Scientists to translate complex models and experimental algorithms into clean, high-performance, production-grade code.

• End-to-End Pipeline Architecture: Design, build, and manage comprehensive ML pipelines encompassing data pre-processing, model generation, automated deployment, cross-validation, and active feedback loops.

• High-Performance Service Delivery: Develop and deploy extensible, scalable ML API services optimized for minimal latency under high traffic loads.

• Operational Intelligence: Design and implement monitoring systems to track engineering efficiency and active ML model performance metrics, ensuring long-term system health.

• Strategic Innovation & Collaboration: Architect technical solutions from scratch and liaise with cross-product architects and engineers to ensure organizational alignment.

• Prototyping & POC Execution: Lead Proof of Concept (POC) initiatives across diverse tech stacks to identify and validate optimal infrastructure solutions for complex business challenges.

• Lifecycle Ownership: Independently own the full lifecycle of feature delivery, from initial requirement gathering with product teams to final deployment and monitoring.

Qualifications

Skills

• Production ML Engineering: Proven capability in translating advanced mathematical models into optimized, production-ready software.

• MLOps Mastery: Deep expertise in lifecycle management practices, ensuring seamless model transitions from experimental stages to live production environments.

• Distributed Pipeline & API Design: Strong architecture skills in building scalable data pipelines and low-latency API microservices.

• System Telemetry & Monitoring: Proficiency in establishing monitoring frameworks for tracking engineering efficiency, system health, and model performance metrics.

• Technical Project Leadership: Ability to execute rapid prototyping, evaluate technical stacks, and lead cross-functional technical alignment.

Qualifications

• Experience: 6–9 years of professional experience in software engineering and machine learning development.

• Track Record: A proven history of successfully building, productionizing, and maintaining Machine Learning solutions at scale.

• Education: Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related quantitative field.

Additional Information

At Freshworks, we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion, welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees, communities, and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.