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Snap Inc. · 5 hours ago

Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, Level 5

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$209K/yr - $313K/yr

5+ years exp

Snap Inc is a technology company that believes in the power of the camera to enhance communication and self-expression. They are seeking a Software Engineer for ML Infrastructure to design and optimize systems for machine learning workloads, ensuring efficiency and reliability across Snapchat’s ML Infrastructure.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and optimize infrastructure systems for machine learning workloads at scale and drive reliability and efficiency improvements across Snapchat’s ML Infrastructure

Develop high-performance inference systems to ensure fast and efficient AI model serving

Build infrastructure to perform scalable ML model training, evaluation, and inference in the cloud

Develop high-performance inference systems to ensure fast and efficient AI model serving

Build comprehensive data management systems for scalable data collection, labeling, processing, and evaluation

Work on state-of-the-art vector search algorithms to improve the precision, recall and scalability of our retrieval systems

Work closely with ML engineers to deploy cutting-edge models into production

Qualification

PythonMachine Learning SystemsDistributed SystemsBig Data ProcessingData ManagementAI Model InferenceML FrameworksProblem-SolvingCollaboration

Required

Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Scala or C++

Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on system performance, scalability, and efficiency

Good understanding of distributed systems and the infrastructure components of large-scale ML

Experience with big data processing frameworks such as Spark, Flink, or Ray

Ability to collaborate and work well with others

Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale

Ability to proactively learn new concepts and apply them at work

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent experience

6+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or Master's degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field+ 2+ years of post-grad software development experience

Experience building large scale production machine learning systems, distributed systems or big data processing

Preferred

Masters/PhD in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent industry experience

Experience working with ML Training platforms or optimizing AI model inference

Familiarity with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Caffe2, Spark ML, scikit-learn, or related frameworks

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support programs

Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success

Company

Snap Inc.

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Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.

Founded in 2011

Santa Monica, California, US

5001-10000 employees

https://careers.snap.com/

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