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Feature Platform Engineer

245k – 345kSan Francisco, CALos Angeles, CASeattle, WANew York, NYHybrid3+ YOE
Summary

Builds and scales feature ingestion/storage infrastructure for ML models and business logic. Requires 3+ years software engineering, Python, AWS/cloud services, and databases for real-time systems.

About the role

What you'll do:

  • Own feature ingestion and storage infrastructure for growth, recommendations, trust & safety, fraud, seller tooling.
  • Push real-time decisioning boundaries for faster ML model responses.
  • Design real-time feature pipelines for online/offline stores with sub-second latency.
  • Optimize performance via resource management and feature caching.
  • Build abstractions, APIs, and tools to empower scientists.
  • Tackle new technical challenges scaling AI.

You

4+ years developing ML systems and algorithms, plus:

  • Bachelor's in CS, Statistics, Applied Math or equivalent.
  • 3+ years software engineering for consumer-scale systems.
  • 1+ years Python.
  • Autonomous work across products, communicate with leadership.
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis.
  • Monitoring: DataDog, Grafana.
  • Cloud: AWS SageMaker, Lambda, Kinesis, S3, EC2, EKS/ECS, Kafka, Flink.

Compensation

$245,000 - $345,000/year + benefits + stock options.

Benefits

  • Flexible PTO and holidays.
  • Health insurance.
  • WFH support (setup, phone/internet).
  • Care benefits (wellness, childcare, family planning).
  • 401k match.
  • Parental leave (16 weeks).
Skills
PythonPostgreSQLDynamoDBElasticsearchRedisAWS SageMakerAWS LambdaKinesisKafkaFlink
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