The Role of MLE The role definition of Machine Learning Engineer varies in different companies. Generally speaking, MLEs from a small to medium size company tend to work around MLOps, sometimes on a production model. They usually collaborate with Applied or Data Scientists in the begining of a new ML service, understanding the data and business needs to create a model. Once the model is formulated, the rest of work will be mostly carried by MLEs.
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Joining Zillow Offers venture is one of my most memorable life experience. The team started in late 2018 with a handful of strong engineers and applied scientists. Zillow was also a medium size company of less than 4,000 people. As the ZO business grow, the ZOML (Zillow Offers Machine Learning) team and Zillow both scaled extremely fast. ZOML hired many people. Luckily, there was no layoffs before the ZO wind-down, which happened on Nov. 2, 2021. The company; however, did have a massive layoff (2000+ people) in early 2022.
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