Backend Software Engineer (Data and ML Innovation)

<>A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is looking for Senior Backend Software Engineer (Data and ML Innovation) to join their dynamic team! The vision for the AI/ML FM Data organization is to improve Foundation Models by leveraging data from a variety of sources: crawl, license, vendor and internal crowd-sourcing. As a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will drive backend innovations, identify key opportunity areas where data can play a crucial role and experiment with various data augmentation strategies to improve model training efficiency and performance.
Job Responsibilities:</>

• <>Training data pipeline development. Convert raw data into format acceptable by training jobs on Google Cloud Platform 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 data 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</>

<> Minimum Qualifications:</>

• <>BS in Computer Science or Equivalent</>
• <>10+ years of programming experience in Python. Extensive experiences in concurrency and parallelism, functional programming, decorators. Familiarity in other programming languages (Java/GoLang/Rust/Swift)</>
• <>Proficient in REST API, Redis, VectorDB 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</>

<> Preferred Qualifications:</>

• <>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</>

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Type: Contract
Duration: 3 months with extension
Work Location: Cupertino, CA (hybrid)
Pay range: $ 77.00 - $ 92.00 (DOE) </>