Machine Learning Engineer, Express AI Foundations

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TL;DR · Machine Learning Engineer, Express AI Foundations

JOB TITLE: Machine Learning Engineer, Express AI Foundations The Machine Learning Engineer, Express AI Foundations joins the AI Foundations team to develop and scale the core AI platform powering design, imaging, motion, and personalization. You will build production systems for Agentic AI, Create AI, Imaging AI, Motion AI, and Personalization AI by developing backend services, microservices, and workflows that connect models, APIs, and data systems. Key responsibilities include building data and inference pipelines for training, fine-tuning, and deployment, while managing storage, caching, and analytics. You will utilize Python, Java, C++, or Go within cloud environments. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, scalable system design, and MLOps concepts. You will work with Kafka, Spark, and Flink to support generative AI systems like LLMs, multimodal models, and diffusion models.

What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?

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What you'll do

  • Build and improve backend services, microservices, and workflows to connect models, APIs, and data systems.
  • Develop data and inference pipelines for training, evaluation, fine-tuning, and deployment of ML models.
  • Support runtime systems for inference and orchestration with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.
  • Optimize storage, caching, and data-access patterns to improve system efficiency, scalability, and cost.
  • Contribute to core platform components that support AI experiences like Agentic, Create, Imaging, and Motion AI.
  • Participate in debugging, testing, monitoring, and operational improvements for AI platform services.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, backend infrastructure, data systems, ML infrastructure, or related areas.
  • Good understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, backend services, and scalable system design.
  • Experience building or supporting APIs, data pipelines, or event-driven systems.
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, or Go.
  • Familiarity with cloud environments, service deployment, and production engineering practices.
  • Exposure to ML systems or LLM-based applications, including model inference, orchestration, or evaluation (preferred).
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related technical field (preferred).
  • Experience with technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar distributed data frameworks (preferred).

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