Backend Engineer

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Build, deploy, and support robust high-load machine learning-based real-time systems for search and browse experiences.
• - Collaborate with technical and non-technical business partners to develop and update ranking functionalities.
• - Develop Ranking Platform for internal users (DS and MLE mostly).
• - Optimize current ranking service performance to process requests faster.
• - Optimize signals delivery and retrieval (aka Feature Store) for machine learning model inference.
• - Communicate with stakeholders within and outside the team.

Required Skills

• - Experience in designing, developing & maintaining high-load distributed real-time services (in cloud).
• - Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform for managing cloud resources.
• - Experience with MLOps is a huge plus (delivering, loading, and serving ML models and related infrastructure).
• - Hands-on experience with setting up and improving CI/CD pipelines.
• - Proficiency with Python and, as a plus, compiled languages like C, Rust, or Go.
• - Experience in server-side coding for web services, and a good understanding of API design principles.
• - Experience with NoSQL and relational databases, distributed systems, and caching solutions.
• - Experience with any of the major public cloud formation: AWS (ideally), Azure, GCP.
• - Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams.
• - Excellent English communication skills.

Benefits

• - Work with smart and empathetic people who will help you grow and make a meaningful impact.
• - Regular team offsite events to connect and collaborate.
• - Fully remote team - choose where you live.
• - Unlimited vacation time - we strongly encourage all of our employees take at least 3 weeks per year.
• - Work from home stipend! We want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office.
• - Apple laptops provided for new employees.
• - Training and development budget for every employee, refreshed each year.
• - Maternity & Paternity leave for qualified employees.
• - Stock options - offered in addition to the base salary.