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Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Denver, CO

Machine learning engineers take models from notebook to production — building training pipelines, serving infrastructure, and monitoring so ML systems keep working after launch.

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Staff ML Software Engineer

Indeed · Denver, CO · Full-time
$140k - $293k

experience with a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics; or 6 years of... ...a degree. We need strong expertise in Python and modern machine learning framework…

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Head of AI and Machine Learning Engineering

Gusto · Denver, CO · Full-time
$275k - $305k

Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our [Total Rewards philosophy]( AI is a... ...the company. You will lead a broad organization spanning Machine Learning Engineering, ML Platform…

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Sr. Staff AI/ML Engineer

Gusto · Denver, CO · Full-time
$245k - $321k

success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our [Total Rewards philosophy]( AI is a... ...technical standards, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers across the organ…

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Field Service Engineer - AV, USA

Evertz Microsystems Limited · Denver, CO · Full-time

Qualifications: College or University education in Electrical, Electronic, or Computer disciplines Passion for technology and learning new software and hardware products Hands-on experience with IP Networking, server har…

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Data Center Critical Facilities Engineer

Equinix · Englewood, CO · Full-time

the position. While a foundational understanding of data center engineering principles, critical infrastructure systems, and operational... ...law. We use artificial intelligence in our hiring process. Learn more here .…

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AI/ML Engineer

Vizient · Centennial, CO · Full-time
$77.4k - $135.4k

this role, you will design, build, and deploy scalable AI and machine learning solutions that drive business impact. You will contribute... ...relevant innovations into team solutions. Collaborate with engineers, data sc…

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MAINTENANCE ENGINEER II

City Light & Power, Inc · Denver, CO · Full-time
$82k - $108k

Description: The CLPE Maintenance Engineer II will work with the Engineering Maintenance Team to provide technical expertise in distribution... ...lifecycle,” we mean it—every step, every phase, every part. Learn more ab…

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Senior Field Engineer

Conception to Reality Inc · Westminster, CO
$45 - $55 per hour

Conception to Reality Inc currently seeking a Senior Field Engineer to join our team. Who we are: Conception to Reality, Inc. (CtR) offers project management, engineering, and construction management expertise to large-s…

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the globe. We are looking for a Director, Applied AI & ML Engineering to be part of revolutionizing these industries. The Director... ..., and built. This role will drive the integration of AI and machine learning across…

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What machine learning engineers earn in Denver

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $48–$66 $99k–$138k
Mid level $66–$90 $138k–$187k
Senior $88–$122 $182k–$253k

Adjusted for the Denver market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

Python and software engineeringPyTorch or TensorFlowML fundamentals and evaluationModel serving and APIsMLOps (tracking, registries, CI)Docker and KubernetesData pipelines and feature storesLLM fine-tuning and RAG (a plus)Monitoring and drift detection
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Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

Walk me through taking a model from prototype to production.

Cover data pipelines, training reproducibility, serving, and monitoring. Emphasize that the model is a small part of the system — that framing is the job.

How do you monitor a model in production?

Discuss input drift, prediction distributions, delayed labels, and business metrics — plus what triggers retraining. Mention that silent degradation is the default failure mode.

How would you reduce inference latency or cost for a large model?

Options include distillation, quantization, batching, caching, and smaller models. Frame it as measuring first, then choosing the cheapest acceptable quality tradeoff.

Tell me about a time a model failed in production. What happened?

A real story about skew, drift, or a data bug — with detection and prevention — is far more convincing than claiming smooth deployments.

How do you evaluate a model beyond accuracy?

Talk about the metric matching the business cost of errors, slicing by segment, and offline-online gaps. Naming a case where accuracy misled is a strong touch.

When would you fine-tune an LLM versus use retrieval or prompting?

Start cheap: prompting, then RAG for knowledge, fine-tuning for behavior and format. Cost and maintenance burden should drive the answer.

How do you make training reproducible?

Version code, data, and config; track experiments; pin environments. This is engineering discipline applied to ML, which is exactly the role.

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Resume tips that move the needle

For machine learning engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here

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Center bullets on production systems: models served, request volume, latency, and the business metric they moved.

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Show software engineering credentials explicitly — testing, CI, code review — since MLE hiring filters hardest on engineering rigor.

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Name the MLOps tooling you have run (MLflow, SageMaker, Kubeflow, vector databases) as these are common screens.

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Include LLM work with specifics — fine-tuning, RAG, evaluation — if you have it; vague 'GenAI experience' claims read poorly.

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Distinguish your role on shared projects: built the serving layer, owned the pipeline, or trained the model.

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 ML Engineer
02 Senior ML Engineer
03 Staff ML Engineer
04 ML Platform Lead
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