Software Engineer II, ML Infra

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Description
If you are interested in this position, please apply on Twitch's Career site https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/

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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.

Twitch is looking for a Software Engineer II 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 engineering 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

- Design and build scalable infrastructure to train, deploy and manage ML models

- Develop and automate software for ML workflows

- Optimize cost and performance of training and inference workloads

- Actively mentor other engineers on the team or related teams

- Contribute to ML infrastructure roadmap planning

- 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
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Experience designing and building scalable and easy-to-use ML infrastructure systems
- Experience productionizing, scaling or extending ML models to solve real world use cases
- Experience collaborating with ML platform consumers
- Excellent coding skills in modern languages and frameworks
- Experience with AWS technologies such as ECS, Sagemaker, Redshift, Batch, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of supervised ML algorithms
- Experience in building and managing data platforms
- 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.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.

Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent 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, financial, and/or other benefits.

For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits .

This position will remain posted until filled.

Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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