Senior Software Engineer, 1

Experience:

• You have a strong foundation in modern backend and ML engineering practices and continue to learn and evolve. You bring:
• 6+ years of experience building scalable backend systems and services
• 5+ years of experience developing software using object oriented languages, with strong proficiency in Python, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Hands on experience with ES for search, indexing, and relevance tuning
• Experience with event driven systems using Apache Kafka for real time data pipelines and processing
• Strong understanding of version control systems including Git and platforms like Bitbucket
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Kibana, and APM
• Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS and GCP, along with containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes
• Comfortable deploying, versioning, and monitoring models in production
• Curiosity to learn new technologies, especially in AI, LLMs, and modern search and recommendation systems, with a focus on applying them in real production use cases.
• Experience designing and building data pipelines using Apache Beam and Apache Airflow for ingestion, transformation, and feature pipelines
• Familiarity with experimentation and analytics tools such as Jupyter Notebook and Apache Spark to track and reproduce experiments
• Strong experience designing and consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs, including versioning, documentation, and security practices like OAuth and JWT
• Good understanding of machine learning concepts including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, deep learning, and natural language processing, with practical application in ranking, retrieval, and personalization
• Beginner level experience managing ML pipelines using Vertex AI Pipelines for training, evaluation, and deployment workflows
• Ability to review code, provide clear feedback, and improve overall engineering quality
• Strong communication skills. Able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders
• Solid problem solving skills with a data driven approach
• Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:
• Core Tech Stack
• Backend and API development using Python, FastAPI, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Search and indexing using Elasticsearch for relevance, retrieval, and query optimization
• Event driven architecture and streaming using Apache Kafka
• Vector search and embeddings infrastructure using vector databases such as Milvus or Pinecone
• Cloud and infrastructure using Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services with containerization via Docker and orchestration through Kubernetes
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• It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing [email protected].
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• Pay Range
• Salary: Remote: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00
• The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of People Inc's total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, People Inc. provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with People Inc. and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.
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