Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Machine Learning Engineer role stands out in SaaS because it sits at the intersection of product software and real-world deployment: on-camera inference, cloud pipelines, and a user-facing web application. Rather than optimizing a purely digital workflow, the work connects data products to operational outcomes, which is increasingly common in modern SaaS businesses that blend software subscriptions with embedded analytics and edge-to-cloud architectures.
From a career perspective, the position offers experience that translates across many SaaS environments: building production-grade ML systems, managing data pipelines, and turning statistical modeling into reliable features. Exposure to databases and data infrastructure alongside deployment practices (testing, Docker, cloud development) supports a well-rounded skill set for teams that ship ML as part of the core product, not as an offline research function.
This role is best suited to engineers who prefer end-to-end ownership—from experimentation through deployment and monitoring—and who value close collaboration with experienced peers. It will fit professionals who want their ML work to be tightly coupled to product delivery, and who are comfortable moving between analytics, software engineering, and operational constraints in a SaaS product context.
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Job Description
Aquabyte is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to help develop and deploy new algorithms to fish farms across the world. You’ll be responsible for software and machine learning model development of our on-camera and cloud software.
Our mission
Aquabyte is on a mission to revolutionize the sustainability and efficiency of aquaculture. It is an audacious, and incredibly rewarding mission. By making fish farming more efficient and viable, we aim to promote healthy (for the fish and environment) production of low carbon protein and mitigate one of the biggest causes of climate change. Aquaculture is the single fastest growing food-production sector in the world, and now is the time to define how technology is used to harvest the sea and preserve it for generations to come.
We are a diverse, mission-driven team that is eager to work alongside kindred spirits. If this vision inspires you please get in touch.
Our product
We are currently focused on helping salmon farmers better understand their fish population and make environmentally sound decisions. Through custom underwater cameras, computer vision, and machine learning we are able to quantify fish weights, detect the health status, and generate optimal feeding plans in real time. Our product operates at three levels: on-site hardware for image capture, cloud pipelines for data processing, and a user-facing web application. As a result, there are hundreds of moving pieces and no shortage of fascinating challenges across all levels of the stack.
Above all, Aquabyte is a customer-driven company. Our product development is dictated by the needs of fish farmers and we prioritize customer delight in everything we do. We are committed to building a global, collaborative team.
The role
As a Machine Learning Engineer you will be responsible for developing Machine Learning models and pipelines as well as interacting with databases and data infrastructure. Conducting in-depth data analytics and building statistical data inference models of biological processes. This role is on the AI team where we develop image and video inference pipelines to estimate the weight, health and behavior of individual fish and fish populations. You will work closely alongside engineers with years of industry and academic experience.
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Required Qualifications- BS/MS in relevant technical degree
- 3+ years of experience with data-science
- Strong coding ability; strong grasp of Python, SQL
- Strong data analytics & modeling & ML skills
- Strong data pipeline and data management skills
- Strong software engineering skills; knowledge of best practices, testing, and deployment
Bonus Qualifications- Familiarity with; snowflake, dbt, airflow, pandas
- Experience with Docker and cloud SW development (i.e. AWS)
Benefits- Competitive salaries and generous equity
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Flexible working hours
- Medical, vision, & dental insurance
- Retirement matching plan
- Potential travel to Norway
- Evolve in a fast-paced environment
- Be able to shape a business in its early days
- Get ideas, feedback, and suggestions from other best-in-their-field colleagues
- Mentorship opportunities, we'll be dedicated to investing in you and supporting you as you grow
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$110,000 - $165,000 a year
Aquabyte takes a market-based approach to salary and equity. The pay varies on a variety of factors including: job-related qualification, years of experience and competence level, interview performance, and work location.
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Aquabyte is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, and is supported by NEA, Costanoa Ventures, and many other respected investors.
At Aquabyte, we admire interesting people with a unique background. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t satisfy all the requirements, and we will get back to you as soon as possible!
