Software Engineer - Backend engineering

Job Title: Software Engineer III (Backend Engineering)

Location: Remote

Duration: 12 Months

As a Research Engineer or Software Engineer on our client's team, the individual will have the opportunity to build innovative machine learning infrastructure that will shape the stability and robustness of cutting-edge technologies. Production-level infrastructure and systems that deploy models, version and construct lineage of our models and data, extract important data for debugging, and expand an org-wide Codec avatar debugging tool.

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Software Engineer 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. The ideal candidate should possess a robust background in software development, particularly in PHP, Python, and React/JS. This includes continuous integration and testing and backend ML systems.

Key Responsibilities

Thrift Service backend work on avatar Debugging tool

Model deployment and integration to Platform

Integration into new Codec 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)