Junior Machine Learning Engineer Jobs

Junior Machine Learning Engineer jobs hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $174,351/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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HQ: Shenzhen, China · Hiring 1
HQ: Shenzhen, China · Hiring 1
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1 month ago Long shot · 16%

EIS算法工程师

$36k – $54k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Shenzhen, China) · Full-Time
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The supreme consultancy

thesupremeconsultancy.co.in
thesupremeconsultancy.co.in · Mumbai · Bengaluru · Pune · Hyderabad · Gurgaon · Recruiting & Staffing · Hiring 8
Mumbai · Bengaluru · Pune · Hyderabad · Gurgaon · Recruiting & Staffing · Hiring 8
The Supreme Consultancy is a prestigious Placement Firm in Mumbai - The Supreme Consultancy is engaged in offering HR Consultant, Placement Consultant in Mumbai Maharashtra India.
No named decision-maker yet.
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1 month ago Long shot · 16%

AI GEO Engineer

$13k – $26k per year (gross) · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (Pune, India) · Full-Time · Junior
Fine-tuning
Embeddings
NLP
Gemini
Semantic Search
ChatGPT
Prompt Engineering
RAG
LLM
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Manufact

manufact.com
manufact.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Development Tools · AI Agents · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Development Tools · AI Agents · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 5
Manufact is a software company that builds and maintains mcp-use, an open-source SDK for building Model Context Protocol servers, clients and agents in TypeScript and Python. It also offers Manufact Cloud for deploying and running MCP servers and agents in production. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Founding Software Engineer (Product / MCP)

$100k – $160k per year · Equity 0.1–1% · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Junior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
Supabase
AI/ML
Model Context Protocol
ChatGPT
Claude
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
GitHub
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rivianvw.tech · HQ: Palo Alto, United States · Automotive Manufacturing · Automotive Software · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2024 · Trust B · Hiring 150, 24 new
HQ: Palo Alto, United States · Automotive Manufacturing · Automotive Software · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2024 · Trust B · Hiring 150, 24 new
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is an automotive technology joint venture that develops electrical architecture, zonal controllers, vehicle operating software, infotainment and connectivity for software-defined electric vehicles of both parent groups, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Established in 2024 by Rivian and Volkswagen Group, it builds on Rivian's in-house software and electronics platform, with Volkswagen committing up to 5.8 billion dollars to the partnership. Its openings are mostly for embedded and Android software engineers, functional safety engineers, technical program managers, electronic design and validation engineers and hardware systems architects.
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Software Engineer, Edge AI

$116k – $160k per year · Equity · Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (Palo Alto, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Junior
Rust
C++
AI/ML
Speech Recognition
Edge AI
llama.cpp
Quantization
TensorRT
TFLite
Text-to-Speech
LiteRT
ExecuTorch
ONNX Runtime
TensorFlow
DevOps
Wi-Fi
Linux
gRPC
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Monotype

monotype.com
monotype.com · HQ: Woburn, United States · Graphic Design · 501-1000 employees · Est. 1887 · Trust B · Hiring 31, 1 new
HQ: Woburn, United States · Graphic Design · 501-1000 employees · Est. 1887 · Trust B · Hiring 31, 1 new
Monotype is a type and font technology company headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, near Boston, that develops, licenses and manages typefaces for global brands, software makers and creative professionals. Its library now exceeds 400,000 font styles, it runs the MyFonts marketplace and enterprise font-management tools, and it traces its roots to the Lanston Monotype typesetting business of 1887; it employs over 1,000 people on four continents, including a large development center in Noida. It hires enterprise and key account managers for European languages, inside sales associates, DevOps, quality, Salesforce and research engineers, and AI architects.
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Research Engineer

≈ $9.5k – $24k per year (Estimated) · Junior · Hybrid (Noida, India) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time
Python
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Computer Vision
Cursor
Claude
Machine Learning
OCR
TensorFlow
PyTorch
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Match Group

mtch.com
mtch.com · HQ: Dallas, United States · Dating & Relationships · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2009 · NASDAQ: MTCH · Trust B · Hiring 62, 5 new
HQ: Dallas, United States · Dating & Relationships · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2009 · NASDAQ: MTCH · Trust B · Hiring 62, 5 new
Match Group is an American technology and social media company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, founded in 2009 as a corporate entity for its various dating platforms. The company owns and operates the world's largest portfolio of online dating services, including prominent brands such as Tinder, Match.com, Hinge, Meetic, OkCupid, and PlentyOfFish. It provides these digital platforms in over 40 languages to a global user base and maintains a significant presence in the international technology market as a publicly traded corporation on the NASDAQ.
No named decision-maker yet.
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AI Product Engineer

$50k – $54k per year · Junior · Hybrid (Vancouver, Canada) · Internship
SQL
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Cursor
Model Context Protocol
Claude Code
AI Agents
DevOps
Cloudflare
GitHub
Rest API
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Management
Kanban
Scrum
Agile
Monday.com
Jira
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Machine Learning Software Engineer (Match Group AI)

Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (Seoul, South Korea) · Full-Time · Junior · English: B2 · Korean: C1
Kotlin
Go
C#
Java
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
OpenAI Codex
Edge AI
Recommender Systems
Cursor
Claude Code
Machine Learning
Seldon Core
Ray Serve
vLLM
Flink
Ray
Triton
Spark
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Fibocom

fibocom.com
fibocom.com · HQ: Shenzhen, China · IoT Platforms & Solutions · IoT Connectivity · RF & Wireless Hardware · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1999 · SZSE: 300638 · Trust B · Hiring 217, 7 new
HQ: Shenzhen, China · IoT Platforms & Solutions · IoT Connectivity · RF & Wireless Hardware · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1999 · SZSE: 300638 · Trust B · Hiring 217, 7 new
Fibocom designs wireless communication modules for the internet of things. Its cellular, positioning and short-range modules connect vehicles, meters and industrial equipment. The company supplies module customers across many global markets.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Long shot · 17%

视觉感知算法工程师(J14185)

Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (Shenzhen, China) · Junior · Chinese: C1
C++
Python
AI/ML
OpenCV
YOLO
MMDetection
PyTorch
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ROS2
Open3D
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Biocodex

biocodex.fi
biocodex.fi · HQ: Espoo, Finland · Prescription Drugs · 501-1000 employees · Trust A · Hiring 26, 4 new
HQ: Espoo, Finland · Prescription Drugs · 501-1000 employees · Trust A · Hiring 26, 4 new
Biocodex is a pharmaceutical company that markets prescription medicines and healthcare products, with a subsidiary serving the Nordic countries. The group hires medical sales representatives, logistics technicians and IT project managers in France, Mexico and Vietnam. The Nordic company is based in Espoo, Finland.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago Hiring now · 75%

Junior Specialist, AI & BI

Junior · Hybrid (Poland) · Full-Time · Junior · Polish: C1
Microsoft Fabric
Snowflake
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Prompt Engineering
Copilot
AI Agents
Analytics
Power BI
Microsoft Excel
Management
Power Automate
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Albers Aerospace

albers.aero
albers.aero · HQ: McKinney, United States · Defense Manufacturing · Aerospace Manufacturing · 51-200 employees · Est. 2014 · Trust A · Hiring 41, 8 new
HQ: McKinney, United States · Defense Manufacturing · Aerospace Manufacturing · 51-200 employees · Est. 2014 · Trust A · Hiring 41, 8 new
Albers Aerospace is a US aerospace and defense products provider with core competencies in systems engineering, program management, logistics, production support and aircraft maintenance. Its job ads seek manufacturing engineers, production supervisors, painters, quality compliance specialists and business development staff in McKinney, Amarillo and other US locations. The company is headquartered in McKinney, Texas, United States.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago Hiring now · 76%

AI Data Automation Engineer

≈ $87k – $196k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (Cincinnati, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Secret · Citizenship or vetting required · Junior
C++
Java
SQL
Python
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow
PyTorch
DevOps
Unix
Windows
Git
Docker
Linux
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
Rest API
Management
Agile
SpaceTech
ANSYS
Cameo Systems Modeler
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Northrop Grumman

northropgrumman.com
northropgrumman.com · HQ: Falls Church, United States · Space Defense · C4ISR · Satellite Manufacturing · Aerospace Manufacturing · Defense Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1994 · Trust B · Hiring 2798, 310 new
HQ: Falls Church, United States · Space Defense · C4ISR · Satellite Manufacturing · Aerospace Manufacturing · Defense Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1994 · Trust B · Hiring 2798, 310 new
Northrop Grumman is an American defence contractor whose oldest predecessor was founded in 1939, and which took its present form through the 1994 combination of Northrop and Grumman. It builds strategic systems including the B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile programme, military and civil space systems, radars and electronic warfare equipment, autonomous aircraft, and mission systems and software for the United States armed forces and allied governments. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it earns the large majority of its revenue from the American government and employs close to one hundred thousand people.
Kenneth Crews · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Kathy Warden · Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President · decision-maker
Jack Northrop · Founder · founder
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Long shot · 15%

Associate AI Software Engineer/ AI Software Engineer

$84k – $126k per year · Junior · 4+ years exp · In office (Beavercreek, United States) · Relocation · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · TS/SCI · Shift work · Citizenship or vetting required · Junior
Python
AI/ML
Scikit-learn
NLP
Keras
Explainable AI
TensorFlow
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Fine-tuning
Quantization
LLM
DevOps
Linux
AWS
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
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Steadyrabbit

steadyrabbit.in
steadyrabbit.in · Pune · Bengaluru · Gurgaon · Hyderabad · Navi Mumbai · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners · Est. 2016 · Hiring 9
Pune · Bengaluru · Gurgaon · Hyderabad · Navi Mumbai · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners · Est. 2016 · Hiring 9
SteadyRabbit helps businesses modernize SAP environments, build AI-enabled products and deliver technology programs with ownership, speed and continuity.
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≈ $10k – $26k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 3+ years exp · In office (India) · Junior
Python
Python
FastAPI
Databases
Weaviate
Pinecone
FAISS
AI/ML
LlamaIndex
Multimodal AI
NLP
OCR
TensorFlow
Computer Vision
LangChain
PyTorch
RAG
LLM
Machine Learning
OpenAI
DevOps
Azure AKS
Docker
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
Prometheus
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Mclarenss

mclarenss.com
mclarenss.com · HQ: Bengaluru, India · Management Consulting · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Trust B · Hiring 8, 1 new
HQ: Bengaluru, India · Management Consulting · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Trust B · Hiring 8, 1 new
McLaren Strategic Solutions is the next generation of Technology Consulting. Our approach is built on combining an ecosystem of platforms with deep industry expertise across a variety of domains to deliver significant value in a short time.
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AI/ML Engineer

≈ $11k – $28k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Bengaluru, India) · Junior
Python
Databases
Weaviate
Milvus
Pinecone
AI/ML
LangGraph
LlamaIndex
Fine-tuning
Embeddings
JAX
Transformers
Reranking
DPO
SFT
TensorFlow
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
PyTorch
RAG
LLM
Machine Learning
AI Agents
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USIL Technologies

usil.tech
usil.tech · HQ: Bengaluru, India · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners · 11-50 employees · Hiring 11
HQ: Bengaluru, India · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners · 11-50 employees · Hiring 11
USIL Technologies is an IT services and consulting company that supplies SAP S/4HANA, Anaplan, IBM Z mainframe and software quality assurance expertise to client projects. Its postings include SAP consultants and architects, a mainframe DB2 administration lead, quality assurance engineers and technical product support leads, mostly in Bengaluru. The company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.
No named decision-maker yet.
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≈ $11k – $27k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (India) · Junior
Python
AI/ML
LangGraph
Embeddings
Reranking
LLMOps
GraphRAG
Human-in-the-Loop
Knowledge Graph
LLM Guardrails
Agentic Workflows
Multi-Agent Systems
LangChain
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
AutoGen
LlamaIndex
Semantic Kernel
Gemini
Hallucination
Anthropic
OpenAI
DevOps
Azure
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TresVista

tresvista.com
tresvista.com · Pune · Mumbai · Bengaluru · Management Consulting · Financial Data & Market Intelligence · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2006 · Hiring 3
Pune · Mumbai · Bengaluru · Management Consulting · Financial Data & Market Intelligence · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2006 · Hiring 3
TresVista delivers end-to-end data to decision intelligence for private equity, venture capital, credit funds, and investment banks - combining AI-powered execution with two decades.
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1 month ago Long shot · 14%

Junior AI Developer - Generative AI

≈ $10k – $26k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (Pune, India) · Junior
Python
Python
Flask
FastAPI
Databases
Weaviate
Chroma
Pinecone
FAISS
AI/ML
LangGraph
AutoGen
LlamaIndex
LoRA
Fine-tuning
Embeddings
Function Calling
NLP
CrewAI
Tokenization
Hugging Face
Semantic Search
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
OpenAI
Claude
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
PEFT
DevOps
Git
Docker
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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HealthEdge

healthedge.com
healthedge.com · HQ: Burlington, United States · Health Insurance & Benefits · Revenue Cycle & Medical Billing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2004 · Trust A · Hiring 37, 6 new
HQ: Burlington, United States · Health Insurance & Benefits · Revenue Cycle & Medical Billing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2004 · Trust A · Hiring 37, 6 new
HealthEdge builds core administrative software for health insurance payers. Its products handle claims processing, benefits configuration, care management and member engagement. Plans use the platform to replace decades-old claims systems.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 17%

Machine Learning Engineer

$135k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · United States · Remote (United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Junior
Python
AI/ML
Scikit-learn
Function Calling
AWS Strands Agents
Human-in-the-Loop
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
PyTorch
LLM
Machine Learning
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
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APEAF

aatmanirbhar-bharat.org
Hiring 1
Facilitating 100 crore+ Indians achieve the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Dream by evolving individual actions into revolutionary national outcomes. Building Water, Energy and Employment Self-Sufficient and Self-Sustainable Model Gram Panchayat for rural India comprising of 2.53 lakh+ Gram Panchayats.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$13k – $25k per year (gross) · Junior · 2+ years exp · Remote (likely India) · Full-Time · Junior
C++
Python
AI/ML
Quantization
ONNX
TensorRT
CUDA
Edge AI
ONNX Runtime
Computer Vision
PyTorch
OpenCV
MediaPipe
DevOps
GitHub
Robotics
GStreamer
Localization
Digital Twin
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aubank.in · Mumbai · Bengaluru · Commercial & Retail Banks · Hiring 1
Mumbai · Bengaluru · Commercial & Retail Banks · Hiring 1
AU Small Finance Bank offers hassle-free banking services online. Explore our range of products like credit cards, savings accounts, FDs, business banking, NRI banking, etc.
No named decision-maker yet.
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1 month ago Long shot · 13%

AI Engineer - Conversational AI

≈ $10k – $26k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Mumbai, India) · Junior
Python
Python
FastAPI
Databases
Weaviate
Pinecone
FAISS
AI/ML
LangGraph
CrewAI
Gemini
Hallucination
Semantic Search
Multi-Agent Systems
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
OpenAI
Claude
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
Function Calling
NLP
Speech Recognition
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Rest API
Git
CI/CD
GitHub
Azure
AWS
Management
Agile
Jira
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NAM Info

nam-info.com
nam-info.com · HQ: Bengaluru, India · Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Hiring 12
HQ: Bengaluru, India · Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Hiring 12
NAM Info is an Indian IT services company providing AI, SAP, cloud and data consulting and staffing to clients. Its vacancies include AI developers, SAP integration and order-to-cash consultants, site reliability engineers, DevOps leads and Power BI developers in Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai. The company is based in India.
No named decision-maker yet.
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1 month ago Long shot · 16%

Python Developer (with ML Expertise)

≈ $8.5k – $22k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Pune, India) · Full-Time · Junior
Python
Python
Flask
FastAPI
pySpark
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Scikit-learn
Pandas
NumPy
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Spark
DevOps
Docker
GCP
CI/CD
AWS
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Church & Dwight

churchdwight.com
churchdwight.com · HQ: Ewing, United States · OTC & Consumer Health Products · Cleaning & Household Products · FMCG & Consumer Brand Groups · Personal Hygiene & Toiletries · Personal Care · Consumer Goods · 501-1000 employees · Est. 1846 · Trust B · Hiring 91, 10 new
HQ: Ewing, United States · OTC & Consumer Health Products · Cleaning & Household Products · FMCG & Consumer Brand Groups · Personal Hygiene & Toiletries · Personal Care · Consumer Goods · 501-1000 employees · Est. 1846 · Trust B · Hiring 91, 10 new
Church & Dwight is a US consumer packaged goods company headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey, whose brands include Trojan condoms and sexual wellness products, Arm & Hammer baking soda and detergents, OxiClean, Batiste, Nair and Toppik. Founded in 1846 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the roughly $5 billion company makes household, personal care and consumer health products in plants across the United States and sells them through operations in Canada, Mexico, the UK and Asia. It hires production technicians, palletizer operators, line mechanics, chemists and lab technicians, brand and national account managers, logistics analysts and manufacturing engineering leaders.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 16%

AI Developer Co-op - Graduate Program (9 Months)

≈ $99k – $223k per year (Estimated) · Junior · Hybrid (Princeton, United States) · Master's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Junior
SQL
Python
Databases
Microsoft Fabric
Databricks
AI/ML
Embeddings
RAG
Machine Learning
AI Agents
Hugging Face
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
OpenAI
DevOps
GitHub
Git
GCP
Azure
AWS
Analytics
Power BI
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Saipem

saipem.com
saipem.com · HQ: Milan, Italy · Construction · Oil & Gas · Engineering Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 1957 · Trust B · Hiring 259, 14 new
HQ: Milan, Italy · Construction · Oil & Gas · Engineering Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 1957 · Trust B · Hiring 259, 14 new
Saipem is an Italian engineering and construction contractor headquartered in Milan, delivering onshore and offshore projects, drilling and subsea work for the energy and infrastructure sectors. Founded in 1957 within the Eni group, which still holds a large stake, it is listed in Milan, employs about 30,000 people of more than 130 nationalities in over 50 countries, and is merging with Subsea7. Its openings include engineering internships in France on materials, cathodic protection and subsea equipment, automation and HSE systems engineers, and project, construction and support roles in Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Angola and India.
No named decision-maker yet.
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IT Business Analyst - Forward Deployed AI Engineer

≈ $33k – $91k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 1+ year exp · Hybrid (Italy) · Bachelor's Degree · Junior · Italian: C1 · English: C1
Python
AI/ML
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
Copilot
DevOps
Azure
Cybersecurity
GDPR
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