Principal / Lead Software Engineer - Data Products

Job Description

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the efforts to build the new generation AI/ML platform at Udemy. The current platform is composed of batch (e.g., feature and machine learning pipelines), streaming (i.e., feature computation in real-time), and online (i.e., microservices to serve previously computed results, execution of ML models in real-time) components. And this platform is actively used by multiple teams to empower different parts of the product and various internal operations. In this role, you will design, build, and operate scalable systems, platforms, and tools to enable the development and productionization of AI/ML products. You will work in a wide technical stack, including both data-related technologies and backend development, in coordination with a large cross-functional team of data scientists, machine learning engineers, and software developers. Success in this role will require a combination of technical excellence, a product-minded approach for the platform’s development, and data-informed decision making for operating the platform.

Requirements

• Partner with the teams, data scientists, machine learning engineers, and software engineers to define Udemy’s new generation AI/ML platform
• Execute the development of the new generation platform
• Operate a robust, scalable, and a highly available platform with SLO/SLAs
• Advocate for technical quality, effective team processes, and engineering best practices
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship for team members

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-time experience working in software developer, data engineering, or equivalent
• Solid software engineering skills and proficiency with object-oriented or functional programming languages, such as Python, Scala, Java, etc
• Experience with data processing frameworks and tools, such as Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, etc.
• Experience with standard software engineering practices

Preferred but not required

• Experience in backend development
• Experience with ML

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