Systems Software Engineer - Machine Learning Ops
Alignerr · Seattle, WA · 6 days ago
RemoteRemoteEngineeringContract
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and optimize high-performance C++ systems supporting large-scale AI data pipelines and evaluation workflows
- Develop full-stack tooling and backend services for data annotation, validation, and quality control at scale
- Improve reliability, performance, and safety across production C++ codebases
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks, edge cases, and systemic issues in data and system behavior
- Collaborate with data, research, and engineering teams to support model training and evaluation workflows
- Participate in synchronous design reviews to iterate on architecture and implementation decisions
Who You Are
- Native or fluent English speaker with clear written and verbal communication skills
- Full-stack developer with a strong systems programming background
- 5+ years of professional experience writing production-grade C++
- Experienced working with the C++ frontends of ML frameworks or inference runtimes
- Familiar with hardware acceleration APIs for optimizing model inference
- Able to commit 20–40 hours per week with reliability and consistency
Nice to Have
- Prior experience with data annotation, data quality, or evaluation systems
- Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, model training, or benchmarking pipelines
- Experience with distributed systems or developer tooling