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This person will manage a team of Machine Learning Engineers responsible for building the platforms, frameworks, and infrastructure that enable our Data Science teams to securely train, deploy, monitor, and operate machine learning models at scale.\nThis is a player-coach management role. You’ll be responsible for developing and growing the team while also providing enough technical leadership to guide architecture, engineering practices, reliability, and production systems. 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