Backend Engineer, ML Inference Systems

Position: Staff Backend Engineer, ML Inference Systems
** The opportunity*
* Every day, we connect billions of players with the games and experiences they love.

Our Vector Gamer AI team sits at the heart of that mission, governing ad ranking and bidding decisions across billions of daily impressions, where large-scale machine learning and real-world impact converge at scale.

We're hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to build and operate the infrastructure those models depend on. You'll design and operate the distributed systems that power billions of daily decisions, with a focus on the performance, reliability, and scalability of inference systems.

Join us and help influence how billions of gaming experiences are discovered, monetized, and how creators are rewarded.

** What you'll be doing*
* + Design, develop, and deploy production-grade backend services and distributed systems powering large-scale online model inference at billions of daily requests

+ Drive technical direction of our inference platform, with a focus on low-latency, high-throughput serving infrastructure

+ Partner with ML engineers to ensure online serving infrastructure scales with growing model complexity and inference volumes, without compromising latency or throughput

+ Ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our systems in production using monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana

+ Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on GCP, orchestrating workloads with Kubernetes across a high-scale production environment

+ Promote and implement best practices for backend service development, testing, deployment, and monitoring (Dev Ops, SRE)

** What we're looking for*
* + 5+ years designing, deploying, and maintaining distributed systems at scale

+ Expertise in Golang for building high-performance, low-latency backend infrastructure

+ Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure on GCP and workload orchestration with Kubernetes

+ Strong grounding in monitoring and observability tooling, including Prometheus and Grafana

+ Experience in ad tech, recommender systems, real-time personalization, or other performance-critical domains

+ Familiarity with microservice architectures, containerization (Docker), and CI/CD best practices

+ Familiarity with machine learning platforms, workflows, and serving infrastructure

** You might also have*
* +

Experience with ML inference servers like NVIDIA Triton Inference Server

+ Familiarity with auction mechanics or bidding systems in an ad tech context

** Additional information*
* Relocation support is not available for this position

Gross pay annually: USD $244,500 - $317,800

Cette fourchette correspond au salaire de base prévu pour ce poste. En plus du salaire de base, ce poste peut donner droit à des attributions d'actions et à une participation à nos programmes d'in citation de l'entreprise, comme des primes annuelles discrétionnaires ou des commissions de vente. Le montant final de l'offre dépendra de plusieurs facteurs, notamment l'emplacement géographique ainsi que l'expérience pertinente, le parcours professionnel et les compétences du/de la candidat(e).

_This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate's relevant experience, professional background, and skill set._

** Avantages*
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