Senior Software Engineer, Thumbtack

• 5+ years of industry experience in engineering
• 2+ years of industry experience working on machine learning modeling or infrastructure
• You’re fluent in at least one major programming language and would be able to switch between multiple languages. In our stack, we use Go and Python most heavily
• You have experience building software on top of relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL
• You can break down complex problems rigorously and understand the tradeoffs necessary to deliver great, impactful products
• You’re curious, you’re data-driven, you love to ask questions, and you think critically about problems
• You love delivering value to your users and your teammates through your work

Desirable

• As a Senior Software Engineer focused on ML Infrastructure, you’ll focus on bringing the Thumbtack’s ML Infrastructure vision to life
• You’ll collaborate with engineers, applied scientists and product managers across engineering to refine and execute on our shared vision for generative AI, feature platforms, model deployment, and model monitoring
• This could include introducing the latest feature engineering & model building frameworks, creating a standardized process for model deployment and monitoring, working with the data platform team on evolving feature storage, or working with applied scientists on productization of complex models
• Collaborate with engineers, applied scientists and product managers to identify shared ML infrastructure needs across areas like feature engineering, model experimentation, model inference & CI/CD, generative AI, and model monitoring
• Build, maintain, and communicate our roadmap
• Centralize and standardize ML infrastructure & associated best practices for product teams across engineering
• When appropriate, experiment with and introduce next-generation ML infrastructure capabilities and frameworks so product teams can continue to harness the power of open source / vendor-driven advances in machine learning
• Drive projects to completion with a tenacious focus on the business impact of those projects
• Solve tough technical problems and stay up-to-date with the latest advances in this constantly evolving problem space