# Manager, Machine Learning Engineering at Tala

- Company: Tala
- What the company does: A money app for the majority. Tala bridges digital and cash ecosystems to help customers seamlessly manage their financial lives, all in one app. Backed by GV and IVP.
- Company website: https://tala.co
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $170K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/tala/414d3726-20bc-4a89-9f82-66620943febb
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/tala-manager-machine-learning-engineering/

## About the role

We’re looking for a Manager, Machine Learning Engineering to lead Tala’s ML Platform team. This person will manage a team of Machine Learning Engineers responsible for building the platforms, frameworks, and infrastructure that enable our Data Science teams to securely train, deploy, monitor, and operate machine learning models at scale.

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years of directly managing engineers, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and career development
- Experience managing a team through at least one full performance cycle
- Demonstrated ability to coach engineers toward promotion and address underperformance effectively
- Experience owning team goals, prioritization, estimation, and delivery
- Experience with production on-call, incident response, and capacity planning
- Willingness to be actively involved in sourcing, interviewing, and closing engineering talent

Tags: Data & Platform