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Machine Learning Engineering Manager

Reads like a Data Leadership role: running a data team.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Live, first seen by us 89 days ago
Pay
$117,610–153,146/year · BaseAnnual period assumed — pay source
Experience with Kubernetes The base pay range for this role is $117,610.00 to $153,146.00. The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards. You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.
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Before you apply

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Must already have the right to work in the USMust be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

What you’ll work on

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  • Design and implement key components of the ML Platform infrastructure

  • Build reproducible feature pipelines for training and serving models

  • Own production ML systems, including CI and automation of ML workloads

  • Solve data ingestion, pipeline and governance problems for ML solutions

  • Mentor data scientists and ML engineers and review their code

From the employer’s posting
Design and implement key components of the Machine Learning Platform infrastructure
build reproducible feature pipelines to train models and serve features in production
Take ownership of production systems with a focus on delivery, continuous integration, and automation of machine learning workloads
solve complex data ingestion, pipeline and governance problems for machine learning solutions
Provide technical mentorship, guidance, and quality-focused code review to data scientists and ML engineers

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Core experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • Experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist building and productional machine learning solutions
  • 3+ years of experience in managing technical teams and projects
  • Experience building real-time event-driven stream processing solutions with technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Spark
  • 3+ years of experience in full software lifecycle development using Python
  • Experience with GPU acceleration (e.g.
Qualification wording
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline
Experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist building and productional machine learning solutions
3+ years of experience in managing technical teams and projects
Experience building real-time event-driven stream processing solutions with technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Spark
3+ years of experience in full software lifecycle development using Python
Experience with GPU acceleration (e.g. CUDA and CuDNN)
Education & alternatives
What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications): - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline - 3+ years of experience in managing technical teams and projects
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How this job compares

Pay

Lower than most similar jobs

$118K–$153K against $154K–$225K, the middle half of what similar US postings state.

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Time since we first saw it

Day 89

Up longer than most. Similar jobs usually come down between day 7 and day 55.

Well past United Airlines’s usual: its jobs come down by about day 10.

From 8,531 similar postings that came down, and 221 of United Airlines’s. Coming down is not always a hire.

United Airlines is hiring

13 open jobs

Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.

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  • C
  • C++
  • Java
  • Python
  • Rust
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Hadoop
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • Redshift
  • S3
  • Spark
  • Keras
  • NumPy
  • pandas
  • PySpark
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • Go
Where the posting names them
- 3+ years of experience designing and developing using technologies as Docker, Kubernetes - Strong software engineering experience with Python and at least one additional language such as Java, Go, Rust, or C/C++ - Understanding of machine learning principles and techniques
- 3+ years of experience leading an ML Ops team familiar with large cloud environments, Big Data technologies - 3+ years in software development in Python, Java, PySpark - 3+ Years of Experience with Machine Learning and Machine Learning workflows
- 3+ years of experience in managing technical teams and projects - 3+ years of experience in full software lifecycle development using Python - 3+ years of experience leading an ML Ops team familiar with large cloud environments, Big Data technologies
- Experience with data science tools and frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Pandas, Numpy, Spark) - Experience designing and developing scalable cloud native solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and serverless services such as AWS Lambda, EKS, ECS, Fargate - Experience building infrastructure-as-code templates (e.g. AWS CloudFormation) and cloud-native CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline
- Experience designing and developing scalable cloud native solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and serverless services such as AWS Lambda, EKS, ECS, Fargate - Experience building infrastructure-as-code templates (e.g. AWS CloudFormation) and cloud-native CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline - Experience building ETL pipelines and working with big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Spark, and serverless technologies such as EMR, Redshift, S3, AWS Glue, and Kinesis)
- Experience building infrastructure-as-code templates (e.g. AWS CloudFormation) and cloud-native CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline - Experience building ETL pipelines and working with big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Spark, and serverless technologies such as EMR, Redshift, S3, AWS Glue, and Kinesis) - Knowledge of distributed systems as it pertains to compute and data storage
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications): - AWS Certified Solution Architect (Associate or Professional) - Experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist building and productional machine learning solutions
- 3+ Years of Experience with Machine Learning and Machine Learning workflows - 3+ years of experience designing and developing using technologies as Docker, Kubernetes - Strong software engineering experience with Python and at least one additional language such as Java, Go, Rust, or C/C++
- Experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist building and productional machine learning solutions - Experience building real-time event-driven stream processing solutions with technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Spark - Experience with GPU acceleration (e.g. CUDA and CuDNN)
- Experience with GPU acceleration (e.g. CUDA and CuDNN) - Experience with Kubernetes The base pay range for this role is $117,610.00 to $153,146.00. The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.
- Understanding of machine learning principles and techniques - Experience with data science tools and frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Pandas, Numpy, Spark) - Experience designing and developing scalable cloud native solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and serverless services such as AWS Lambda, EKS, ECS, Fargate

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Has United Airlines posted this job before?

Yes. We’ve followed one other Machine Learning Engineering Manager job there since April 2026. It came down after 70 days.

  1. ChicagoCame down after 70 days, first seen Apr 15
  2. This jobUp 90 days so far, first seen Aug 11

About United Airlines

People
About 113,200 in 2025, up 6% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
Company
Listed as UAL.
H-1B visas
3 approved for new hires in fiscal 2025.US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Demand for Data Leadership roles

New Data Leadership postings at the employers we follow are up 7% over the last 5 weeks compared with the 5 before.

Weekly new Data Leadership postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of October 26. The fewest in a week was 783, the most 1,204, and the latest week had 829.
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About the role

We file this job under Data Leadership, by the work the posting describes.

Data leaders run data teams or design how a company's data fits together. Managers hire, set priorities and answer for whether the data work pays off; architects choose the systems and the shape of the data.

Expect years of hands-on data work, experience leading people or projects, and the ability to explain tradeoffs to executives.

Unlike a senior engineer or analyst, most of a data leader's week goes to people, planning and decisions rather than building.

US government figures for computer and information systems managers

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$175,140
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
15.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data leaders, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information systems managers, which includes data processing and data operations managers.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 11-3021.

Job description

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Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.

Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.

Description

Job overview and responsibilities


Develops and programs integrated software algorithms to structure, analyze and leverage data in systems applications. Develops and communicates statistical modeling techniques to develop and evaluate algorithms to improve product/system performance, quality, data management and accuracy. Completes programming and implements efficiencies, performs testing and debugging. Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance. Applies deep learning technologies to give computers the capability to visualize, learn and respond to complex situations. Can work with large scale computing frameworks, data analysis systems and modeling environments.         

  • Design and implement key components of the Machine Learning Platform infrastructure and establish processes and best practices
  • Work cross-functionally with data scientists, data engineers, and IT teams to design, develop, deploy, and integrate high-performance, production-grade machine learning solutions and data intensive workflows
  • Partner with data scientists and data engineers to create and refine features from underlying data and build reproducible feature pipelines to train models and serve features in production
  • Partner with data platform and operations teams to solve complex data ingestion, pipeline and governance problems for machine learning solutions
  • Take ownership of production systems with a focus on delivery, continuous integration, and automation of machine learning workloads
  • Provide technical mentorship, guidance, and quality-focused code review to data scientists and ML engineers

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • 3+ years of experience in managing technical teams and projects
  • 3+ years of experience in full software lifecycle development using Python
  • 3+ years of experience leading an ML Ops team familiar with large cloud environments, Big Data technologies
  • 3+ years in software development in Python, Java, PySpark
  • 3+ Years of Experience with Machine Learning and Machine Learning workflows
  • 3+ years of experience designing and developing using technologies as Docker, Kubernetes
  • Strong software engineering experience with Python and at least one additional language such as Java, Go, Rust, or C/C++
  • Understanding of machine learning principles and techniques
  • Experience with data science tools and frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Pandas, Numpy, Spark)
  • Experience designing and developing scalable cloud native solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and serverless services such as AWS Lambda, EKS, ECS, Fargate
  • Experience building infrastructure-as-code templates (e.g. AWS CloudFormation) and cloud-native CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline
  • Experience building ETL pipelines and working with big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Spark, and serverless technologies such as EMR, Redshift, S3, AWS Glue, and Kinesis)
  • Knowledge of distributed systems as it pertains to compute and data storage
  • Strong desire to experiment with and learn new technologies and stay aligned with the latest community developments in ML Ops/Engineering and cloud native
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to prepare high-quality presentation materials and explain complex concepts and technical materials to less-technical audiences
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
  • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
  • Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect (Associate or Professional)
  • Experience working as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist building and productional machine learning solutions
  • Experience building real-time event-driven stream processing solutions with technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Spark
  • Experience with GPU acceleration (e.g. CUDA and CuDNN)
  • Experience with Kubernetes
     

The base pay range for this role is $117,610.00 to $153,146.00.
The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact JobAccommodations@united.com
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Pay
Experience with Kubernetes The base pay range for this role is $117,610.00 to $153,146.00. The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards. You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.
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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to prepare high-quality presentation materials and explain complex concepts and technical materials to less-technical audiences - Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship - Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

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