Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer
Leads development of large-scale ML platforms, focusing on MLOps, graph ML infrastructure, performance optimization, and distributed training pipelines. Requires 8+ years in ML infrastructure with expertise in Python, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Ray, and cloud tools.
About the job
What You’ll Do:
- Design end-to-end model lifecycle patterns (MLOps) to boost velocity of development for ML engineers, including data preparation, model management, experiment tracking, and more
- Zero-to-one development and support of a graph ML codebase and platform that abstracts away common patterns and enables greater model scalability and iteration
- Collaborate with ML engineers on performance tuning, including improving model training time, efficiency, and GPU training costs in a large, distributed ML training environment
- Optimize batch data processing within a data warehouse and with tools such as Apache Beam, Apache Spark, Ray Data, and more
- Architect pipelines to build and maintain massive graph data structures on the order of billions of nodes and tens of billions of edges
Who You Might Be:
- 8+ years of experience in ML infrastructure, including model training and model deployments
- Hands-on experience with ML optimization, including memory and GPU profiling
- Deep experience with cloud-based technologies for supporting an ML platform, including tools like GCP BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), and more
- Hands-on experience administering and integrating MLOps tools for experiment tracking, model serving, and model registries (e.g. MLflow or Wandb)
- Proficiency with the common programming languages and frameworks of ML, such as Python, PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc.
- Deep experience working with distributed training frameworks, including Ray and Kubernetes
- Strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and ease of use. You are an undying advocate for platform users and have a deep intuition for the machine learning development lifecycle.
- Strong organizational & communication skills
- Experience working with graph databases (Neo4j, JanusGraph, TigerGraph) is a big plus
- Experience working with graph neural networks (GNNs) and associated graph ML frameworks (PyTorch Geometric, Deep Graph Library) is a big plus
Skills
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kubernetes, Ray, MLflow, Wandb, Terraform, Spark, Apache Beam, Gcp Bigquery, Google Cloud Storage, Pytorch Geometric, Deep Graph Library, Neo4J
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