ML Engineer (Intelligence) - Bengaluru

Build Oolka's core ML intelligence by leading model selection, evaluation frameworks, and the foundational retrieval/memory layer for AI systems. This is a research-driven ML Engineering role focused on first-principles problem solving.

Company Details

Oolka is an AI-powered consumer fintech company focused on helping users improve and manage their credit health using AI.

Website: https://oolka.in/

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in Machine Learning or Applied AI

• Strong ML foundations with hands-on experience in XGBoost, NLP, recommendation systems, personalization, and large-scale retrieval

• Deep understanding of LLM architecture, training, and inference

• Mandatory experience in LLM post-training (fine-tuning and/or reinforcement learning approaches)

• Experience designing model evaluation frameworks and benchmarking methodologies

• Strong knowledge of retrieval systems, embeddings, ranking, and memory architectures

• Ability to define ambiguous ML problems from first principles and independently drive solutions

• Strong experimentation mindset with data-driven decision making

• Excellent communication and technical reasoning skills

Responsibilities

• Own the model selection strategy for production AI systems

• Design and build evaluation frameworks for LLM quality and performance

• Architect and build Oolka's retrieval and memory layer from scratch

• Develop scalable retrieval pipelines and ranking systems

• Improve model quality through post-training techniques including fine-tuning and reinforcement learning

• Drive research-backed experimentation for continuous model improvement

• Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate ambiguous problems into robust ML solutions

• Establish best practices for ML experimentation, evaluation, and deployment

Job Details

Location: Bengaluru

Interview Process

• Recruiter Screening

• Hiring Manager Discussion

• Machine Learning Deep Dive

• System Design & Problem Solving

• Founder Round

Important Note

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