Sr. Applied Machine Learning Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Applied Machine Learning Engineer Team: Engineering Location: Onsite - Sawtelle (Between Santa Monica & West LA) Employment Type: Full-time, Salary, Exempt Reports To: Head of Engineering ABOUT PLUG Plug is an automotive fintech startup building the marketplace for electric vehicles. Consumers, dealers and commercial partners trade in, sell and auction used EVs on a platform built only for electric vehicles.

Nothing in it is adapted from legacy automotive. Consumers get an instant cash offer in minutes, backed by data-driven pricing and battery state-of-health analysis. Pickup, payment and title transfer are handled end to end.

Franchise and independent dealers across the United States bid in real time on inventory sourced directly from these consumers, dealers and commercial partners. Sellers get a fast, fair exit, and dealers get a dedicated channel for sourcing used EV inventory. Plug was founded in 2023 and is led by former Tesla executives.

It is backed by a $20M Series A from Lightspeed Venture Partners. We're building the most AI-native startup team in Los Angeles: operators, engineers and ML researchers building the transaction rails for the fast-growing used EV market. WHY PLUG You'll help build the biggest infrastructure opportunity in automotive.

You'll work on a platform built only for EVs, with nothing adapted from legacy automotive. You'll be part of an AI-native company that is rethinking how work gets done. You'll work directly with operators wh