Sr AI ML Engineer

About this role

Overview
Live the
experience
. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability—and is recognized that way. We’ve been defined as a “mature start-up.” A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where
our passion for better solutions
drives us and is core to who we are.


We’re engineering for the future of retail, and it’s no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you’ll find that virtually nothing’s impossible at Ulta Beauty.


COMPANY:
Ulta Beauty Credit Services Corporation


LOCATION:
1000 Remington Blvd., Suite 120, Bolingbrook, IL 60440


TITLE:
Sr Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AIML) Engineer


HOURS:
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm


DUTIES:
Lead the full lifecycle execution of complex AI initiatives, bridging the gap between exploratory data science and production engineering, including formulation and statistical modeling to deployment and scaling. 20.0%


Develop and optimize advanced algorithms for recommendation and decision engines, utilizing techniques such as collaborative filtering, embeddings, clustering, reinforcement learning, and constrained optimization. 15.0%


Design pipelines for Large Language Models (LLMs) including fine-tuning, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and prompt engineering for enterprise retail use cases like analytics augmentation and decision support. 15.0%


Take ownership of the non-functional requirements of AI systems, explicitly optimizing models for low-latency inference, high throughput, data priv...