--- title: 'Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Ping Identity' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/principal-machine-learning-engineer-ping-identity-israel-29djgtqjqeyv' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-29' --- # Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Ping Identity - **Company:** Ping Identity - **Location:** Israel - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pingidentity/jobs/8903781002 ## Job description About Ping Identity: At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. [We champion every identity.](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/championing-every-identity.html) One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. Tel Aviv - Hybrid - Tel Aviv, Israel We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. Join us on Ping Identity's AI & Data Platform team as a Principal ML Engineer where you will architect, build, and scale the ML platform that powers Ping's intelligent identity products, enabling data scientists and engineers to train, optimize, and deploy low-latency decisioning models that run in the critical path of billions of identities. This role requires a multidisciplinary approach, combining expertise in data engineering, software development, MLOps, and ML automation. You will develop scalable ML platforms, create tools and utilities to streamline workflows, and drive the adaptation that takes models from research to production without friction. Meet Our Team: We are an experienced team of engineers who are hard working and easy to get along with. We have each other’s backs and are constantly sharing knowledge and pitching in whatever is needed to make sure our team and product are successful. We thrive on shared goals and shared success. We have mature yet lightweight processes around feature planning, defect tracking, and workload balance. Job Functions: - Architect, build, and operate scalable ML platforms, tools, and services that enable data scientists and engineers to promote, evaluate, deploy, and monitor models in production - Design and run the ML models’ feature store, ensuring offline/online consistency, feature reuse, lineage, and governance across training and serving paths. - Own real-time ML in the critical path: streaming feature pipelines and low-latency, sub-second model serving in production - Build efficient, automated data pipelines using Python, SQL, Airflow, and Spark to support ML training, inference, and analytics - Drive MLOps end to end — CI/CD for models, containerized deployment on Docker/Kubernetes, monitoring, and continuous model lifecycle management - Create tools, and utilities that reduce overhead and let data scientists focus on model development and research - Architect and manage distributed big-data pipelines (Spark, Kafka, cloud-native data platforms), ensuring high availability and performance - Work closely with Data Science, SRE, and Product teams to integrate ML capabilities into Ping's ecosystem - See the big picture while coding the details: shape system architecture and technical direction, mentor engineers, and raise the engineering bar across teams Essential Qualifications: - 6+ years of experience as an ML Engineer building ML platforms, data infrastructure, and large-scale distributed systems - Expert-level programming skills in Python and SQL (Java is a plus) - Deep hands-on experience with Spark or similar distributed computing frameworks - Production experience with Airflow, MLflow, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines - Hands-on experience with offline and online feature stores (e.g., Redis) and real-time ML streaming data (e.g., Kafka and Flink) and low-latency model serving - Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including managed data and ML services (AWS SageMaker) - Experience developing monitoring tools and utilities for data scientists, improving model training and deployment processes - Ability to see the wide picture while implementing low-level technical details efficiently - Great interpersonal communication skills, a strong team player who collaborates effectively across teams - Strong problem-solving skills, thrives in fast-paced, agile environments Desired Qualifications: - Experience with modern lakehouse and data platform stacks, e.g., Apache Iceberg, dbt, OpenMetadata, and data governance/lineage - Experience operating ML infrastructure across multi-account cloud environments with a self-service, low-ops philosophy - Familiarity with deep learning, LLMs, or reinforcement learning, experience with PyTorch - M.Sc. in the applied science field Base Hiring Range: In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities. Life at Ping: We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special: - A company culture that empowers you to do your best work. - Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone. - Regular company and team bonding events. - Competitive benefits and perks. - Global volunteering and community initiatives Our Benefits: - Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule - Parental Leave - Progressive Healthcare Options - Retirement Programs - Opportunity for Education Reimbursement - Commuter Offset (Specific locations) Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. ## About Ping Identity ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Ping Identity provides identity security for the digital enterprise, enabling secure, frictionless access for users across any application or device. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Thoma Bravo in October 2022, formerly public NYSE: PING) - **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, United States - **Founded**: 2002 - **Founders**: Andre Durand, Bryan Field-Elliot ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cybersecurity - **Target customers**: Large enterprises, B2B (over half of the Fortune 100 are customers) - **Mission statement**: “Champion your unique identity needs” – enabling secure, convenient digital experiences for users while protecting organizations from threats. ## Products & Services - **PingOne Cloud Platform**: Unified cloud-based identity platform with AI-powered intelligence (Helix AI) for authentication, authorization, and directory services. - **PingFederate**: Federation server for single sign-on (SSO) and identity brokering across on-premises and cloud apps. - **PingID**: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution for adaptive access. - **PingAccess**: Reverse proxy for secure access management to web applications and APIs. - **PingDirectory**: Enterprise directory server for identity storage and management. - **PingAuthorize**: Dynamic policy-based access control for fine-grained authorization. - **PingIntelligence**: AI-powered cyber threat detection and response for identity attacks. - **PingOne for Customers**: Customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform. - **PingOne for Workforce**: Workforce identity management with SSO, MFA, and lifecycle management. - **Orchestration**: No-code drag-and-drop identity journey builder (6,500+ orchestrated capabilities, 350+ connectors). - **Decentralized Identity**: Reusable verified credentials based on open standards. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed post-acquisition (prior to acquisition in 2022, market cap was ~$2.4B) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $299.4M (latest available data) — over 3 billion identities under management - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Owned by Thoma Bravo (private equity); partners include major cloud providers, system integrators, and technology vendors - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 14% YoY to 1,742 employees; recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management (2025), Forrester Wave for CIAM (2024), and KuppingerCole Leadership; 99.99% uptime SLA; serves over half of the Fortune 100 ## Competitive Advantages - **Scale & Reliability**: Proven 99.99% uptime and 3 billion identities under management – built for the largest enterprises. - **AI‑First Innovation**: Helix AI engine embedded across the platform for smarter threat detection, fraud prevention, and adaptive access. - **Industry Recognition**: Consistently ranked as a Leader by Gartner, Forrester, and KuppingerCole for IAM, CIAM, and identity fabrics. - **Open Standards & Interoperability**: Deep support for SAML, OAuth, OIDC, SCIM, and 350+ pre-built connectors, making it easy to integrate into existing ecosystems. - **Flexible Deployment**: Cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud options. ## Strategic Focus - **AI‑Driven Identity Security**: Deepening AI/ML capabilities (Helix) to combat fraud and automate identity decisions. - **Expanding the Platform**: Growing the PingOne cloud platform with orchestration, decentralized identity, and zero‑trust delivery. - **Customer Experience**: Simplifying complex identity journeys for both workforce and customer use cases through no‑code orchestration. - **Global Reach**: Maintaining offices in 32 countries across North America, Europe, Asia‑Pacific, and the Middle East to serve enterprise customers 24/7. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Inclusion**: Strong emphasis on “Inclusion & Belonging” with seven Employee Resource Groups (Women of Ping, Ping Proud LGBTQ+, Working Families, Racial & Ethnic Diversity, Accessibility, Young Professionals, Ping Community Cares). - **Global Flexibility**: “Here, There, Everywhere” approach – offices in Denver, Austin, Boston, Vancouver, Bristol, Edinburgh, Grenoble, London, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, Melbourne, and more; open to hiring exceptional talent from around the world. - **Benefits**: Competitive benefits vary by location; perks include opportunities for growth, volunteer programs (Hour of Code, Bikes for Kids, campus cleanups), and a focus on work‑life balance. - **Engineering Culture**: Identians are encouraged to be “brave, passionate, and make a contribution” – a collaborative environment where everyone has a part to play. - **Impact**: Work on identity security for the world’s largest organizations, including over half of the Fortune 100. ## Sources 1. [Ping Identity About Us](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/about-us.html) 2. [Ping Identity Homepage](https://www.pingidentity.com/en.html) 3. [Ping Identity Careers](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/careers.html) 4. [Ping Identity Open Positions](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/careers/careers-listings.html) 5. 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