Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure

Whatnot

San Francisco, CA, United States
Not specified; not specified; flexible time off po...
Fully remote
4+ years developing ml systems
3+ years software engineering experience
Python development skills
The role involves owning the infrastructure powering AI and ML models across critical business surfaces including growth, recommendations, and fraud detection

Job Summary

  • The role involves owning the infrastructure powering AI and ML models across critical business surfaces including growth, recommendations, and fraud detection.
  • Candidates will design and scale inference infrastructure capable of serving large models with low latency and high throughput using GPUs.
  • Whatnot offers flexible time off, comprehensive health insurance, a home office setup allowance, and up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

Matching Summary

The role involves owning the infrastructure powering AI and ML models across critical business surfaces including growth, recommendations, and fraud detection.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Flexible Time off Policy; Health Insurance; Home office setup allowance; Monthly cell phone/internet allowance; Wellness allowance; Childcare allowance; Family planning benefit; 401k match up to 4%; Pension plans internationally

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 4+ years developing ML systems
  • 3+ years software engineering experience
  • Python development skills
  • PostgreSQL DynamoDB Elasticsearch Redis
  • AWS Sagemaker Lambda Kinesis S3 EC2 EKS ECS
  • Apache Kafka Flink experience
  • DataDog Grafana monitoring tools

Nice-to-have

  • Intellectually curious builders
  • Bias toward action
  • Autonomous initiative driver
  • Remote collaboration professionalism
  • Exceptional documentation skills

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
  • US based location requirement
  • Commuting distance to NY Seattle LA SF hubs

Work Rights

Must be US based and commute to specific hubs

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