Sr Machine Learning Engineer - Synthetic Data & Document Understanding

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Apex Systems, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! Job#: 3036756 Job Description: Sr Machine Learning Engineer - Synthetic Data & Document Understanding Location: Austin, Texas (Onsite) Role Overview We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer for Synthetic Data & Document Understanding to own the synthetic data generation track within a specialized Document AI Data team. This role focuses on building generative pipelines that produce high-quality, diverse, and realistic synthetic training data at scale. The position is suited for an engineer with deep generative modeling expertise combined with skills in data quality evaluation and production engineering. Key Responsibilities • Design and implement pipelines that analyze real documents to inform high-fidelity synthetic data generation. • Build generative systems capable of producing documents across diverse formats, layouts, and domains. • Develop evaluation frameworks to ensure synthetic data maintains distributional fidelity and diversity. • Research and apply generative modeling techniques suited for document AI training. • Identify and mitigate quality issues to ensure synthetic data is effective for downstream model training. • Partner with modeling teams to measure the impact of synthetic data on model performance. • Own the synthetic data generation track end-to-end, from architecture to quality validation. • Drive architectural decisions balancing quality, diversity, scale, and cost efficiency. • Define and maintain data quality metrics and generation dashboards. • Build scalable pipelines capable of generating millions of synthetic training examples. • Implement post-processing, filtering, and validation mechanisms to remove low-quality outputs. • Collaborate with platform teams on compute orchestration, storage, and scheduling. Required Qualifications Education & Experience: • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field. • 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning / AI, with a focus on generative models, Vision-Language Models (VLMs), and synthetic data systems. • Proven experience building and evaluating synthetic data pipelines for ML training. • Strong background in data quality evaluation and statistical analysis. Technical Expertise: • Deep expertise in Vision-Language Models and document understanding (layout, structure, semantics). • Strong knowledge of generative modeling for structured and semi-structured data. • Understanding of what makes synthetic data valuable, including distributional fidelity, diversity, realistic noise patterns, and domain coverage. • Strong programming skills in Python with experience in PyTorch or similar frameworks. • Experience evaluating data quality via automated metrics and downstream model impact. • Familiarity with large-scale data pipelines, cloud environments, and experiment tracking. Leadership & Communication: • Proven ability to independently own complex technical workstreams. • Strong collaboration across data, modeling, and platform teams. • Ability to clearly communicate data quality and generation trade-offs. • A data-driven mindset with attention to coverage gaps and quality signals. Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. 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