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Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure / Machine Learning

Introduction:

Data driven decision-making is integral to marketing, game development and operations at Applovin. We’re looking for sharp, disciplined, and highly quantitative machine learning engineers with big data experience and a passion for digital marketing and game technologies to help drive informed decision-making. You will work with top-talent and cutting edge technology on, for example, but not limited to, performance marketing and next-generation games and have a unique opportunity to turn your insights into products influencing billions of users. The potential candidate will have an extensive background in distributed training frameworks, will have experience to deploy related machine learning models end to end, and will have some experience in data-driven decision making of machine learning infrastructure enhancement. This is your chance to leave your legacy and be part of a highly successful and growing company!

What you'll be doing:

• Architecture, build, and maintain scalable and efficient machine learning model serving infrastructure using C++ and other programming languages as needed.
• Collaborate with data scientists and other engineers to design and implement machine learning modeling frameworks (PyTorch/TorchServe, Tensorflow/TF Serving, etc).
• Develop and implement data processing / DNN training / model persistence end to end pipelines for large-scale data sets using distributed cloud computing technologies.
• Design and implement testing and monitoring tools to ensure the quality and reliability of machine learning systems.
• Work with other engineering teams to integrate machine learning systems into our products and services.

Your background and who you are:

• MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in developing machine learning infrastructure using C++ and Python.
• Experience with GPU/TPU model inference and serving.
• Experience with distributed computing technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, or Kafka.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, algorithms, and data structures.
• Good understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques, including deep neural networks.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work in a fast paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Contributions to open source (e.g., C++/python/R packages) would be a plus.
• Familiar with AdTech Real Time Bidding space.
• Motivation to make downstream modelers’ work smoother.

Perks:

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Free medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Work from home stipend each paycheck
• 401k matching and employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible time off - take time when you need it
• AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay-for-performance rewards approach.

The expected base pay range for this CA based position is $167,000 - $266,000. Total compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and other benefits.