Lead Software Engineer, Platform
True Talent Solutions Partners · San Francisco · onsite
USD 220,000 to 320,000 per year
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join the platform team at an AI/ML company building document processing technology. You will strengthen the systems that run customer workloads, working closely with ML engineers to improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own and improve the platform that runs document processing jobs, with a focus on speed, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Partner with ML teams to serve in-house models efficiently and integrate them into production pipelines.
- Build and maintain databases, task orchestration, workload scheduling, and cloud infrastructure.
- Improve distributed systems as workload volume grows, addressing latency, reliability, and scaling challenges.
- Participate in on-call rotations and take end-to-end responsibility for platform health.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 5 years of platform or backend engineering experience, including work with distributed systems.
- Proficiency in Python, or deep expertise in Go or Rust with willingness to work in Python.
- Experience building and scaling core infrastructure, task orchestration, and reliable production platforms.
- Application-level engineering experience in addition to infrastructure work, along with cloud infrastructure and on-call experience.
- Background in a startup or other fast-growing environment, with experience operating mature systems at scale.
- Experience optimizing model serving and working closely with machine learning teams is valuable.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary: $220,000 to $320,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.