Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - US

• Own the architecture of Workiva’s AI platform and core AI services, shaping how machine learning, Generative AI, and agentic systems are integrated across products.
• Lead the design of enterprise agentic systems, including orchestration, workflow execution, memory, and multi-agent coordination.
• Establish evaluation methods and quality frameworks for Generative AI applications and assess emerging AI technologies.
• Lead secure AI platform design, including authorization, runtime isolation, governance, auditability, and compliance.

This role enables organizations to navigate uncertainty, maintain trust, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny by building a trusted AI platform for mission-critical workflows.

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including large-scale SaaS platforms.
• 5+ years designing, deploying, and operating production ML, AI, or data-intensive systems.
• Deep expertise in RAG, agentic systems, and large-scale knowledge systems.
• Expert-level Python proficiency and proficiency in at least one production language such as Java, Go, Scala, or C++.

Salary range in the US: $193,000.00 - $308,000.00. Discretionary bonus typically paid annually. Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire. 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package.

Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations, unifying finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation.