Software Engineer, Applied ML; Discovery, Recommendation & Search

About The Role

As a Software / ML Engineer you will work cross‑functionally with product, data science and data platform to identify, design and implement applied ML models and infrastructure, ranging from model optimization and data pipelines to model training and serving infrastructure on one of the fastest growing native AI consumer applications on the market today. You will work on the implementation of our ML backend systems to power discovery surfaces, including recommendation, ranking, and search, supporting new AI‑generated content formats on our product while collaborating with the team to optimize existing systems.

You will be a good fit if you are proactive and have a "get things done" mindset. Given our current pace of growth and load on our systems, most people have had a significant impact during their first week at the company.

• B.A.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience building/consuming RESTful and gRPC based web‑services.
• Experience building and managing infrastructure in a cloud environment (GCP, AWS or Azure).
• Familiar with one of the popular ML frameworks like PyTorch or Tensor Flow.
• Experience writing highly performant services in a modern typed language.
• Experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

• Experience with shipping intelligent features end‑to‑end, from idea to production.
• Experience designing or implementing a full pipeline from data ingestion to model training.
• Experience with production AI/ML systems and services, including optimizing GPU/TPU deployments.
• Experience working with vector databases or other feature storage.

Character.

AI empowers people to connect, learn and tell stories through interactive entertainment. Over 20 million people visit Character.

AI every month, using our technology to supercharge their creativity and imagination. Our platform lets users engage with tens of millions of characters, enjoy unlimited conversations, and embark on infinite adventures. In just two years, we achieved unicorn status and were honored as Google Play's AI App of the Year—a testament to our innovative technology and visionary approach. Join us and be a part of establishing this new entertainment paradigm while shaping the future of Consumer AI!

At Character, we value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly uphold a non‑discrimination policy based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability. Your unique perspectives are vital to our success.