• Own the architecture, design, development, and operations of large-scale systems designed for AI/ML tasks including distributed compute systems, data management systems, data engineering workflow systems, and end user experiences
• Prototype, optimize, and maintain scalable back-end services that will power new ML and foundation model powered development workflows
• Design extensible and testable interfaces between internal services including the underlying storage and data models
• Keep CI/CD pipelines healthy and support customers in production via engaged on-call support
• Be an engaged team player in a customer-focused cross-functional environment where you will feel excited to take on whatever is most impactful for the company and product
• Work a hybrid schedule with three days per week in our Redwood City HQ or the SF office and work remotely with "No Meeting" Tuesdays and Thursdays

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2 years experience in delivering distributed and ML systems and services in a production setting for cloud-native applications
• Experience with distributed compute frameworks and data processing pipelines
• Ability to design and build efficient scalable data storage, compute, and retrieval systems for AI/ML tasks
• Strong communication and coding skills with emphasis on designing for scale and robustness
• Strong development and debugging skills in python

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience with architecting and developing production web-scale systems (monitoring, telemetry, performance, reliability, triage and debug)
• Experience working with ML systems and foundation models (e.g. large language models)
• Experience owning delivery of large multi-person multi-quarter projects
• Experience developing enterprise software products for machine learning and/or data science applications

The salary range for this position based in the San Francisco Bay Area is $200,000.00 - $275,000.00. All offers include equity compensation in the form of employee stock options.

 

Snorkel AI is on a mission to make machine learning practical for everyone, and it starts with building a team that welcomes, represents and gives opportunity to all. We work at the frontier of AI and software engineering, and believe that underrepresented communities need to play a part in shaping the future of these fields. At Snorkel AI, we actively work to create an environment that values end-to-end ownership, diverse forms of impact, and opportunities for personal growth.

 

Snorkelers are supported by an amazing team and an amazing set of benefits. For Full-time employees, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for Snorkelers and their families, plus a yearly wellness stipend. Our 401k program lets Snorkelers plan for their future and our parental leave program lets new parents take up to 20 weeks of paid time off. Learn more about these benefits and more — like our workstation setup allowance — on our Careers page.