Staff Software Engineer, Backend (ML Platform)

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Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems using Python or Kotlin.
• Extensive experience with highly available distributed systems utilizing AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with online, real-time ML infrastructure like model servers or feature stores.
• Developed offline environments for large scale data analysis and model training using Spark, Kubeflow, Ray, and Airflow.
• Experience delivering major system features and writing high quality code.
• Comfortable navigating from low-level language idioms to large system architecture.
• Mastered gathering feedback and strong communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting technical strategy for the team on a year-long time scale and linking it with business-impacting projects.
• Collaborate across teams in the ML development lifecycle with machine learning engineers, platform engineers, and product management.
• Act as a force-multiplier, defining and advocating for technical solutions and operational processes.
• Ensure team operations and availability through monitoring, triage rotations, and testing.
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership by setting standards and advocating beyond the team.
• Develop talent by providing feedback, guidance, and leading by example.