Sr. Software Engineer, ML Infra

Job ID: | Twitch Interactive, Inc. - D48 About Us Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day. About the Role Twitch connects millions of creators with millions of viewers. Our Machine Learning based recommendation and search systems power discovery products across Twitch and help users find content hyper-personalized for them. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Machine Learning Infrastructure team. You will work with software engineers, applied scientists and product managers in our Models and Infrastructure group to build next-generation Machine Learning systems. The team is responsible for enabling reliable and efficient productionization of Twitch personalization models, including owning the software and data systems to develop, train and manage our real time and batch models at scale. We own the ML platform and care about designing scalable and easy-to-use ML development environments and systems for our consumers. Experimentation is our bread-and-butter and you will have hands-on experience building and launching model-based experiments to improve products. You Will Architect and build infrastructure to train, deploy and manage performant, scalable and maintainable ML models Bridge engineering and research by designing and developing easy to use tooling for ML development Optimize cost and performance of training and inference workloads Actively mentor other engineers on the team or related teams Contribute to shaping the ML infrastructure roadmap, ensuring continual enhancement of our platform Collaborate with Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Applied Scientists, Data Scientists, and Product Managers Perks Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance 401(k) Maternity & Parental Leave Flexible PTO Amazon Employee Discount Basic Qualifications 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team 4+ years of work experience building and operating large‑scale production Machine Learning systems or extensive experience building distributed systems and ability to learn specifics of ML systems Knowledge and experience in Cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, GCP) and containerization software (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos) Bar raiser for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience Proficiency in data structures, algorithms, Python, Golang Excellent verbal and written communication skills Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience Preferred Qualifications Experience building and launching large-scale ML infrastructure for recommendations, ads personalization, search etc. Experience working with large-scale data pipelines and storage systems Knowledge of supervised ML algorithms Familiarity with AWS services Contributions to open source software projects Familiarity with Twitch and/or streaming on Twitch Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr