Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) is seeking a Software Engineer for an Onsite position with a Leading Technology Firm located in Redmond, WA or Sunnyvale, CA. This is a 9+ month contract opportunity. This role is focused on owning and sustaining a family of production machine learning models. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining ML model inference services and evaluation pipelines, integrating models into internal tools, and supporting users. The primary tech stack includes Python and PyTorch.
Responsibilities: - Own a family of deep-learning models end to end: architecture, checkpoints, evaluation pipelines, serving infrastructure, and failure modes
- Integrate models into internal and cross-functional tools and workflows via API/endpoint integration and web UI onboarding
- Operate always-on model inference capacity: monitor traffic, resolve throttling, tune auto-scaling, request additional capacity, redeploy, and escalate to platform owners as needed
- Run analysis and interpret model evaluations on request, apply minor bug fixes and preprocessing changes, and manage version bumps and checkpoint swaps
- Communicate with and support model users and tooling owners across various domains including audio engineers, SDEs, research scientists, and TPMs
- Serve as oncall for the covered services
Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Proficiency in Python and a deep-learning framework such as PyTorch
- Knowledge of Machine Learning concepts and ML engineering practices
- Basic knowledge of audio and signal processing
- Ability to work independently
Desired skills: - Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Speech or Signal Processing, Acoustics, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- 2+ years of hands-on experience deploying and maintaining machine learning models in production
- Experience operating production services, including oncall, ticket queues, runbooks, access management, and escalation
- Working familiarity with audio concepts (waveforms, sample rates, spectrograms) sufficient to sanity-check model outputs
- Excellent communication skills with a non-ML audience, including audio engineers and scientists
- Experience with audio, speech, or perceptual quality models (e.g., MOS prediction)
- Experience developing lightweight web front ends
Pay range: up to $82.33 per hour
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today! Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) ApTask Global Workforce (AGW) is a certified Minority and Veteran workforce solutions company. AGW delivers operational, clinical, lab and professional talent with a strong focus on healthcare and life sciences. The company supports clients with reliable staffing, program expertise and a commitment to quality, speed and consistent delivery.
Benefits of working with ApTask Global Workforce include: - Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
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ApTask Global Workforce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
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