Software Engineer - Hack and Python

Creospan is a growing tech collective of makers, shakers, and problem solvers, offering solutions today that will propel businesses into a better tomorrow. “Tomorrow’s ideas, built today!” In addition to being able to work alongside equally brilliant and motivated developers, our consultants appreciate the opportunity to learn and apply new skills and methodologies to different clients and industries.

***NO C2C/3RD PARTY, LOOKING FOR W2 CANDIDATES ONLY, must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future

Job Overview

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Software Engineer (SWE V) with a backend engineering skillset to tackle infrastructural changes to enable/support model deployment, version and construct lineage of our models and data, extract important data for debugging, and expand an org-wide Codec Avatar debugging tool. The ideal candidate should possess a robust background in software development, particularly in Hack, Python, and React/JS. This includes continuous integration and testing and backend ML systems.

Our team focuses on transforming DL research codebases into product-ready states. The successful candidate will primarily code in Hack and Python. While experience with machine learning systems and managing large codebases is beneficial, it is not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

Thrift Service backend work on Avatar Debugging tool

Model deployment and integration to Platform

Integration into new Codec Avatar Surfaces such as HSR (Horizon) for Product

Model metadata extraction and propagation

Increasing test coverage through unit and integration testing

Code refactoring

Optimizing backend workflow orchestration

Additional engineering tasks such as setting up dashboards and alerts, and assisting with on-call workloads

Collaborate with both research and maturation teams to push research to products

Required Skills

3+ years of experience in Python and Hack, especially pertaining to backend systems propagating information to a frontend, preferably in Big Tech or mid-to-large companies. Some experience in React and Javascript will help, but it is not as vital.

Proficiency in continuous integration and testing

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with the ability to independently overcome technical roadblocks

Experience working collaboratively and communicate effectively across functional teams

Capability to work independently and within a team

Preferred Skills

Experience in maturing machine learning systems, such as building systems to load models/data and running inference, scaling up pipelines and tooling,

Experience in creating and maintaining public projects (e.g., GitHub)