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What you'll do

• Design and build foundational platform services for data access, model execution, inference, and agent orchestration.
• Implement medium-to-large features with sound architectural decisions focusing on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Translate research needs into robust, reusable platform abstractions to avoid one-off solutions.
• Own end-to-end lifecycle of services including design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operations.
• Identify and address systemic gaps by consolidating shared capabilities across teams.
• Contribute to API design standards for reliability, observability, and operational excellence.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating production-grade distributed systems or platform services.
• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages like C++, C, Java, or Python.
• Experience designing APIs, services, or frameworks for reuse by multiple teams.
• Solid understanding of system reliability, performance, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver end-to-end solutions from design through live-site operation.
• Familiarity with data platforms, machine learning systems, ML inference services, and agent-based systems.
• Experience building cloud-scale systems with a focus on security, compliance, and governance.