Senior Software Engineer, Ai Platforms And Products

The New York Times

New York, NY, United States
Base: $140,000 - $160,000; bonus/equity: not speci...
On-site
Backend services and apis
Large language models (llms)
Retrieval-augmented generation (rag)
The New AI Products and Platforms mission is a central hub for new, high-ambition AI opportunities and services at The Times

Job Summary

  • The New AI Products and Platforms mission is a central hub for new, high-ambition AI opportunities and services at The Times.
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable backend services and APIs for a central platform used by teams building AI applications across our journalism and our business.
  • This role requires limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables.

Matching Summary

The New AI Products and Platforms mission is a central hub for new, high-ambition AI opportunities and services at The Times.

Salary

Base: $140,000 - $160,000; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • backend services and APIs
  • large language models (LLMs)
  • retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • vector database infrastructure
  • Python or Go development

Nice-to-have

  • MLOps experience
  • containerization and orchestration
  • event-driven architectures
  • prompt engineering systems

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years backend engineering experience
  • 5+ years Python or Go experience
  • 5+ years distributed systems experience
  • 1+ years LLM application experience

Work Rights

Not specified

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