Software Engineer III

Job Title: Software Engineer III 
Location: Onsite in Pittsburgh, PA or Burlingame, CA
Contract Duration: 6 Months (possible extension)
Pay rate: $85/hr on W2
Benefits: PTO, Health, Dental, Vision, 401K


Our client's team aims at delivering the future of communication - photorealistic telepresence via Codec Avatars. The aspiration is to connect people separated by distance as if they were in the same room together. Achieve this by researching, developing and productionizing state-of-the-art methods in cross sections of computer graphics, computer vision and machine learning for human understanding and telepresence.
As a Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to build innovative machine learning infrastructure that will shape the stability and robustness of cutting edge technologies that will power the Metaverse.
Production-level infrastructure and systems that deploy models, version and construct lineage of our models and data, extract important data for debugging, and expand an org-wide Codec Avatar debugging tool.

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with a backend engineering skillset to tackle infrastructural changes to enable/support model deployment, version and construct lineage of our models and data, extract important data for debugging, and expand an org-wide Codec Avatar debugging tool. The ideal candidate should possess a robust background in software development, particularly in Hack, Python, and React/JS. This includes continuous integration and testing and backend ML systems.

The team focuses on transforming DL research codebases into product-ready states. The successful candidate will primarily code in Hack and Python. While experience with machine learning systems and managing large codebases is beneficial, it is not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Thrift Service backend work on Avatar Debugging tool
• Model deployment and integration to Platform
• Integration into new Codec Avatar Surfaces such as HSR (Horizon) for Product
• Model metadata extraction and propagation
• Increasing test coverage through unit and integration testing
• Code refactoring
• Optimizing backend workflow orchestration
• Additional engineering tasks such as setting up dashboards and alerts, and assisting with on-call workloads
• Collaborate with both research and maturation teams to push research to products

Required Skills

• 3 years of experience in Python and Hack, especially pertaining to backend systems propagating information to a frontend, preferably in Big Tech or mid-to-large companies. Some experience in React and Javascript will help, but it is not as vital.
• Proficiency in continuous integration and testing
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with the ability to independently overcome technical roadblocks
• Experience working collaboratively and communicate effectively across functional teams
• Capability to work independently and within a team

Preferred Skills

• Experience in maturing machine learning systems, such as building systems to load models/data and running inference, scaling up pipelines and tooling,
• Experience in creating and maintaining public projects (e.g., GitHub)

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. 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, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. #TMN