Staff Software Engineer, ML Search

RedditRemote - United States$230k – $322k+ Equity1mo ago

Remote Staff NA Software Engineer Staff Engineer Python Solr OpenSearch Cross-functional Collaboration REST

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Requirements

8+ years of industry experience with a focus on search and recommendation systems.
6+ years of experience in designing, building and iterating large-scale search relevance and infrastructure systems, handling end-to-end system development.
Proven track record in delivering large and complex systems with big business impacts.
Knowledge and experience working with search systems (e.g. Lucene, Solr, ElasticSearch, Opensearch etc.).
Demonstrated expertise at cross-functional collaboration - successfully shipped several large-scale projects with complex dependencies across teams.
Proficient in object-oriented programming (Python, Golang).
Experience in API design and integration with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC.
Experience of developing applications using large-scale data stack - e.g. Kubeflow, Airflow, BigQuery, Kafka, Kubernetes, Redis etc.

Responsibilities

Own pipelines and DAGs that move data, features, embeddings, and models through the ML lifecycle
Design/maintain ranking and retrieval services that run models in real-time
Build scalable model-serving APIs, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and performance
Create reusable infrastructure that other MLEs depend on to train, deploy, and iterate on models
Ensure pipelines and systems support high scale, low latency, and operational excellence
Enable modeling with better systems, features, and deployment pathways

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave
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The base pay range for this position is:
$230,000 - $322,000 USD
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