Senior Software Engineer - ML Services
AI Fund · Mountain View, CA · 1 mo ago
Engineering$190k–$220k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Be a driving force for the team's agentic coding practice - establishing patterns for spec-driven development, context engineering, and multi-agent orchestration that compound team output.
- Design, develop, and maintain AI-powered applications and services, focusing on high availability, performance, and reliability.
- Work closely with Machine Learning Engineers, building AI capabilities from early R&D prototyping to scalable operation in multiple production stacks.
- Build ML services designed for low-latency or high-throughput, and optimized for high cost efficiency.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with Machine Learning Engineers, Product Managers, and other teams to align technical solutions with business needs.
- Drive innovation by making strategic technical decisions, setting best practices, and mentoring engineers to elevate the team’s technical bar.
- Improve ML development process by enhancing the internal ML platform, facilitating data sourcing, and enabling ML observability for deployed services.
Required Skills
- Fluency with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex or equivalent).
- Experience writing effective specs, managing repo context, and reviewing/verifying agent output.
- 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong backend and ML engineering background.
- Experience working with cloud native technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Experience with building ML systems, from early prototype, to operating at scale in production.
- Strong software architecture skills, with experience designing and scaling distributed systems and cloud-based applications.
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team-wide technical direction.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical challenges into business impact.
Nice to Have
- Experience with ML frameworks like pytorch.
- Experience with serving ML models and LLMs using frameworks like vllm.
- Experience with developer-facing products and building intuitive APIs.
Pay
$190,000 - $220,000 a year
Benefits
- Stock Awards – We want you to share in our success with equity grants.
- Comprehensive Healthcare – Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
- Wellness Stipend – Support for your health and well-being, whether it’s fitness programs or self-care.
- Lifelong Learning – An education stipend to help you grow and keep learning.