Machine learning is at the core of every Microblink product and as an ML Engineering Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping its impact. 

With over a decade of experience solving complex engineering and ML challenges in computer vision, we've cultivated a culture that emphasizes team growth while developing custom-architecture models built and trained in-house for real-time applications. If you're excited about leading innovation and driving our ML team forward, we’d love for you to join us.

Here’s why this role matters to us

Microblink is an AI company with expertise in computer vision. We create unique products and tools with the desire to make the future digital identity world a secure ‘no-fake-zone’, one verification at a time. Our teams in Zagreb and New York touch hundreds of millions of people every year, processing over 800M identity documents in more than 70 countries around the world.

Here’s what you’ll do

• Lead and guide a team of ML engineers
• Facilitate cross-team communication with teams that the ML team depends on, as well as teams that depend on the ML team (such as product/app, data, data QA, and ML platform/ops)
• Provide regular training and mentorship to all team members
• Conduct performance evaluations and create effective development plans
• Participate in the hiring process and develop hiring plans based on business needs and team capacity
• Work with the product management team to define projects and develop the roadmap
• Collaborate with and mentor other engineering leaders to ensure alignment with Microblink's core values and technical direction
• Invest in developing processes and tools that enhance team efficiency and productivity
• Stay updated on industry and technology trends, continuously improving the team’s tools and engineering practices

You'll be successful in this role if you have

• Experience in researching, developing, experimenting with, and bringing ML-based projects to production
• Previous senior or lead ML engineer experience in an individual contributor role
• Experience with data annotation pipelines and data analysis
• A proven track record of managing and leading ML and engineering teams, preferably cross-functional teams
• Experience with software product lifecycle management 
• Experience in growing and leading engineering teams, including recruiting,  performance management, professional and personal development
• Experience working in a product-centric scale-up environment
• Experience working in a global environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to clearly and concisely convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and leadership at all levels
• A willingness to work across EST and CET time zones occasionally

A plus is if you also have any of the following: 

• Development of custom, inference-optimized ML model architectures
• Experience with both CV and NLP
• Experience with data extraction pipelines based on ML
• Experience with deployment and monitoring of ML models

Here’s what you’ll gain if you join us

• Microblink owes its success to its people. That is why we offer equity participation to all of our full-time employees so that we can grow together
• Unlimited PTO to have the flexibility to take time off as needed to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible work arrangement that allows you to work from anywhere and adjust your work schedule in a way that works for you
• If you are a modern technology lover, we feel you. That’s why we offer you an additional individual budget for the tech equipment of your choice
• We take special care of our parent-team members. Financial support during your parental leave, 100% paid sick leave to care for your kids, days off for important events like your kid’s 1st bday and their 1st days at school/kindergarten, the opportunity to work part-time for a full salary in the 1st month after coming from parental leave-just some of the benefits we offer to Microblink parents
• Plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills through a challenging working environment

Together with us, you will build extraordinary and future-oriented digital identity products for millions of end-users on all continents with constant growth!

How can you join us?

If this role intrigues you, do not hesitate to hit the apply button and send us your resume. Get in touch with us and we promise to get back to you.