Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Scientific Games: Scientific Games is the global leader in lottery games, sports betting and technology, and the partner of choice for government lotteries. From cutting-edge backend systems to exciting entertainment experiences and trailblazing retail and digital solutions, we elevate play every day. We push game designs to the next level and are pioneers in data analytics and iLottery. Built on a foundation of trusted partnerships, Scientific Games combines relentless innovation, legendary performance, and unwavering security to responsibly propel the global lottery industry ever forward. Position Summary About the Role We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to help build the foundations of our machine learning platform from the ground up. This role is not about creating a centralized gatekeeping team. Instead, the mission is to build self-service ML tooling and golden paths that enable Data Scientists to independently take models from experimentation to reliable production deployment across batch and real-time use cases. You will partner closely with Staff MLEs, Data Scientists, and platform stakeholders to establish the first generation of reusable ML infrastructure, deployment workflows, observability standards, and developer experience patterns that scale across the organization **This position will start remotely and transition to a hybrid role. Candidates must be local to Toronto, ON. Qualifications Key Responsibilities Build reusable self-service tooling for model packaging, deployment, batch inference, and real-time serving Develop platform capabilities that enable Data Scientists to independently deploy, monitor, and iterate on their own models in production Build foundational ML workflows including model registry, environment promotion, rollback, feature access patterns, and inference APIs Design CI/CD pipelines for automated training, validation, shadow deployment, canary rollout, rollback, and full production promotion workflows Establish golden-path templates, SDKs, CLIs, and reference implementations to standardize ML system delivery Contribute to observability standards across model health, latency, feature freshness, data quality, and business KPI monitoring Partner with Staff MLEs to shape the first-generation architecture of the ML platform Required Qualifications Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, or another related STEM field Bachelor’s degree in a related STEM field with strong equivalent industry depth is also acceptable Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in ML engineering, platform engineering, or production ML systems Proven experience building production batch and real-time ML systems • Experience working closely with Data Scientists to productionize models and experimentation workflows Strong experience building reusable tooling, frameworks, or internal developer platforms Technical…