About Us
TakeUp is on a mission to transform revenue management for boutique Inns and independent hotels. Our platform leverages machine learning to optimize room rates and provide actionable insights, helping properties of all sizes thrive in a competitive marketplace.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Software Engineer focused on MLOps & Platform Development, you will own critical parts of our data infrastructure and pipelines. You’ll have broad autonomy to design and build solutions that power our machine learning workflows, integrate new data sources, and support next-generation features (including LLM-driven capabilities). This role is entirely focused on platform, data engineering, and MLOps—no front-end application development.
Architect & Implement Data Pipelines: Design robust data flows that ingest, transform, and deliver critical datasets within our AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and Prefect ecosystem.
Own MLOps: Collaborate closely with our data science team to productionize models in AWS SageMaker and ensure smooth, efficient model deployment and monitoring.
Integrate LLM Tools: Contribute to the design of LLM-powered features, connecting these tools to our platform and data pipelines as needed.
Infrastructure & Reliability: Engineer a scalable environment using services like AWS ECS, Lambda, and other modern cloud tooling to support continuous growth.
Platform Leadership: Champion best practices, guide technology choices, and help shape the evolving architecture. This is a high-autonomy role where you’ll operate with minimal oversight.
Continuous Improvement: Prioritize progress over perfection, driving rapid iteration while balancing technical debt and long-term maintainability.
What We’re Looking For
Senior-Level Expertise: You’ve been hands-on building and operating data-intensive and/or machine learning platforms in a production environment.
Python & Cloud Stack: Strong Python skills with a proven track record using AWS (ECS, SageMaker, Lambda, etc.), Snowflake, dbt, and orchestration frameworks like Prefect (or similar).
Self-Starter Mentality: You take broad goals and run with them, proactively identifying next steps and making sound architectural decisions.
Ownership & Drive: You thrive in a startup setting, embrace multiple hats, and love getting into the technical weeds to solve tough challenges.
Collaborative & Curious: Comfortable interfacing with data scientists, product managers, and external partners to deliver impactful solutions.
Why Join Us
High Impact & Autonomy: Influence key decisions and shape the technical foundations of a high-growth platform.
Focus on Innovation: Work at the intersection of hospitality and emerging tech, including LLMs and advanced ML workflows.
Progress Over Perfection: We value rapid, iterative improvement—mistakes are learning opportunities, not deal-breakers.
Startup Culture: As part of a young, energized team, you’ll see the direct impact of your work on customers and the industry.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
1848 Ventures celebrates diversity and is committed to inclusion. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Top Skills
What We Do
Big challenges. Passionate people. Smart solutions. This is what you’ll find at 1848 Ventures. We help business owners manage uncertainty and discover opportunity in risk. We’re not aiming for incremental improvement – we’re breaking new ground. And when we see opportunity for innovation, we have the freedom, resources, and culture to make it happen.
We’re champions of business owners everywhere. After all, it’s this startup ethos and entrepreneurial spirit that 1848 Ventures – and our parent company, Westfield – was founded on. Westfield, a leading provider of commercial insurance, established 1848 Ventures in 2018 to expand beyond conventional property and casualty insurance products and address the broader risks small business owners face every day. We meet our customers where they are, partnering together to deliver digital solutions that improve their bottom line.
We know that in order to succeed, we need the right people to make it happen. We start by building a team with a diverse set of voices, backgrounds, and experiences. We’re looking for the innovators. The pioneers. The change agents. The people who aren’t afraid to ask, “What if…?” and try it anyway. This is the place for self-starters, go-getters, and anyone who wants to see a good idea become a great reality.
At 1848 Ventures, we help people build careers. Based in Northeast Ohio near Cleveland, our team members grow their creative and commercial skill sets, applying their talents to a wide range of portfolio concepts. And who we are drives what we do – our values empower a thriving culture that allows for true innovation, learning, and growth.
