Senior Backend Software Engineer (Machine Learning Training & Serving)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Backend Software Engineer (Machine Learning Training & Serving)

• Focus: Infrastructure for ML training and model serving

• Work style: Remote-first with flexibility

Description

Own and deliver backend systems that enable machine learning models to be trained and served at scale. Lead through ambiguity, collaborate with product, design & analytics, and drive reliability through metrics, escalation, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Own quarterly team goals and guide engineers through open-ended problems

• Collaborate in the product development lifecycle by articulating technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs

• Proactively identify project, process, technology, or business issues and lead solutions

• Ensure operational availability of team artifacts using metrics, escalation, and on-call support

• Set or improve code review and design standards; advocate for them beyond the team

• Provide feedback and guidance to develop talent; lead by example

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin

• Experience building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes

• Ability to define a technical delivery plan for significant features/components with elegant, simple, extensible design

• Ability to make significant changes in large codebases using safe tools and practices

• Ownership and growth mindset supported by proactive feedback-seeking

• Strong verbal and written communication for effective collaboration with a global engineering team

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience

• Experience training and deploying production ML models (nice to have)

Benefits

• Health coverage at no cost: 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents

• Dental and vision coverage

• Monthly stipends for tech setup and health/wellness options

• Flexible time off and generous holiday calendar

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) to buy stock at a discount

• Inclusive interview process with accommodations for candidates with disabilities