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Sr. Applied Machine Learning Engineer

Plug · Los Angeles · On-site

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About Plug

Enter your VIN or plate and get a real cash offer in minutes. No fees, free nationwide pickup, and secure payment. 1,500+ EV owners trust Plug. Backed by Lightspeed.

About the role

Build and ship agents and multi-agent workflows for operations, dealers, and sellers: document extraction, inspection and title review, dealer and seller communication, and internal tooling. Trace every agent so you can see each step, tool call, and decision. Use those traces to debug failures and turn them into new eval cases. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

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Job Title: Sr. Applied Machine Learning Engineer

Team: Engineering

About Plug

Plug is the marketplace for used electric vehicles. Consumers get an instant cash offer backed by battery-health data, and dealers across the US bid in real time on that inventory. Former Tesla executives founded Plug in 2023. We’ve facilitated over $150M in EV sales and raised a $20M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

You’ll own a piece of the biggest infrastructure opportunity in automotive.

You’ll work on a platform built exclusively for EVs, with nothing adapted from legacy automotive.

You’ll be part of an AI-native company. We’re rethinking how work gets done at a fundamental level.

You’ll work directly with operators who have scaled multi-billion dollar businesses in automotive, EV, and marketplaces.

You’ll have real ownership, high autonomy, and a direct line to company outcomes.

The Opportunity

Every car on Plug starts with a number: what is this EV worth today, and what will a dealer pay for it tomorrow? Those numbers come from our models. They draw on auction results, market data, vehicle telematics, and battery health. As volume grows, our models have to get more accurate, update...

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