ML Data Infrastructure Engineer at AppLovin in Palo Alto, CA

Job description

• As a member of our ML Data Platform team, you'll solve technical challenges, including upgrading and implementing state-of-the-art software infrastructure. The team builds a high-performance, high availability, globally distributed ecosystem platform of services that in turn provide the foundation for rapid development of novel new systems that integrate into that ecosystem and improve it.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data processing infrastructure for model training and feature serving, optimizing for performance, reproducibility, and traceability
• Collaborate closely with research teams to design and implement novel data processing architectures for emerging model and training paradigms
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across the training data pipeline, from raw data ingestion to feature delivery
• Establish best practices, tooling for data infrastructure used across ML teams

Requirements

• Have 1 - 3 years of experience and a minimum of a BS and/or MS in Computer Science
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience building high-throughput, fault-tolerant distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark or Flink
• Solid grounding in data structures, systems design, and performance optimization
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Background in MLOps, Data Infrastructure, or ML Infrastructure
• Experience with ML training pipelines, feature stores, or model-serving systems

Skills

Required

• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off: Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
• Paid Holidays: 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Sick Leave: 80 hours per year
• AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. 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, and other forms of incentive compensation (as applicable) may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to dental, vision, and other benefits.
• $150,000 - $224,000 USD