Sr Backend Software Engineer - Data and ML Innovation

Sr Backend Software Engineer - Data and ML Innovation

Location: Cupertino, CA (Hybrid onsite Tues - Thurs)

Duration: 3 months with possible extension

Pay Range: $70-$74.00/hr on w2, DOE

We are looking for people with a track record in building scalable pipelines and services. Join us, and impact hundreds of millions of customers across billions of their interactions with foundation model powered Intelligence features, that are available on iPhone, iPad, Home Pod, Mac, Watch, Car Play, and tv across more than 30 languages!

• Training data pipeline development. Convert raw data into format acceptable by training jobs on GCP and AWS.
• Leverage internal and open-sourced training modules.
• Large scale inferences:
  Leverage internal and open-sourced inference stack to generate inferences with fine-tuned LLMs on massive amounts of data, for pre-train and post-training.
• Data processing and filtering:
  Have the ability to efficiently process and filter very large amounts of data, often times messy.
• Scalable web services backend and APIs to support data access and data inspection tools.

• BS in Computer Science or Equivalent.
• 10+ years of programming experience in Python. Extensive experience in concurrency and parallelism, functional programming, decorators.
• Familiarity in other programming languages (Java/GoLang/Rust/Swift).
• Proficient in REST API, Redis, Vector
  
  DB or other large scale data storage systems.
• Solid foundational programming skills (algorithms, data structures, OOP, etc).
• Experience designing, writing, reviewing, testing and delivering software for applications and systems at scale.

• Familiarity with streaming-processing (Kafka).
• Familiarity with a variety of build tools (Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Gradle).
• Experience providing architecture and design guidance.
• A good communicator with clear and concise, active listening and empathy skills.
• Are self-motivated and curious. Strive to continually learn on the job.
• Have demonstrated creative and critical thinking with an innate drive to improve how things work. Have a high tolerance for ambiguity.

Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity), 401(k) retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.