Backend Engineer - Ranking Team

Constructor; País Vasco; A distancia; USD 90.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An innovative company is seeking a talented engineer to join their Ranking team, focusing on designing and maintaining high-load, real-time web services. You will leverage your expertise in Python and cloud technologies to optimize ranking algorithms that enhance user experiences. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge machine learning techniques and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Enjoy the flexibility of a fully remote position while contributing to impactful projects that drive business success. If you're passionate about technology and eager to learn, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Servicios

Stock options

Work from home stipend

Apple laptops for new employees

Training and development budget

Parental leave

Flexible work environment

Formación

• Proficiency in Python programming and server-side coding for web services.
• Experience with MLOps and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Skilled in managing observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

Responsabilidades

• Design and maintain high-load real-time web services for search and browse.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop ranking functionalities.
• Optimize service performance for faster request processing.

Conocimientos

Python

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

MLOps

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

API design principles

NoSQL databases

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

C, Rust, or Go

Herramientas

CloudFormation

Terraform

PagerDuty

FastAPI

Descripción del empleo

The Ranking team, within the Machine Learning chapter, plays a central role in implementing algorithms that optimize for business KPIs like revenue & conversions. We focus on metrics over features, arming our ranking algorithms with powerful capabilities that bring value to customers in the way they care the most about.

As a member of the Ranking team, you will be surrounded by and encouraged to use world-class analytical, engineering and machine-learning techniques on big data to shape the evolution and scale of our ranking algorithms. The team owns all stages of products ranking for Search, Browse, and Autocomplete experiences, including base ranking, second-stage ranking, and ranking explanation.

One of the main services the Ranking team owns is the ML Ranking Service which is a high-load distributed REST service deployed in the cloud and developed in Python programming language. The service extensively uses in-memory and NoSQL DBs (for signals and model metadata storage). We support service deployment and stability. We have monitoring set up with Prometheus, PagerDuty, Sentry, and custom internal APIs with FastAPI.

Challenges you will tackle

A primary focus of this job is to design, deliver & maintain high-load real-time web services in close collaboration with other great engineers from the Ranking team. The job can consist of, but is not limited to :

• Build, deploy, and support robust high-load machine learning-based real-time systems for search and browse experiences.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical business partners to develop and update ranking functionalities.
• Optimize current ranking service performance to process requests faster.
• Optimize signals delivery and retrieval (aka Feature Store) for machine learning model inference.
• Communicate with stakeholders within and outside the team.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform for managing cloud resources.
• Experience with MLOps is a huge plus (delivering, loading, and serving ML models and related infrastructure).
• Hands-on experience with setting up and improving CI / CD pipelines.
• Proficiency with Python and, as a plus, compiled languages like C, Rust, or Go.
• Experience in server-side coding for web services, and a good understanding of API design principles.
• Skilled in setting up and managing observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and integrating alert systems like PagerDuty.
• Familiarity with Service-Oriented Architecture, knowledge of communication protocols like Protobuf & familiarity with networking principles.
• Experience with NoSQL and relational databases, distributed systems, and caching solutions.
• Experience with any of the major public cloud formation : AWS (ideally), Azure, GCP.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams.
• Enjoy helping others around you grow as developers and be successful.
• Pick up new ideas and technologies quickly, love learning and talking to others about them.
• Love to experiment and use data and customer feedback to drive decision-making.

Compensation

• Base range of 90-110k USD + stock options + work from home bonus.
• Fully remote team - choose where you live.
• Work from home stipend! We want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office.
• Apple laptops provided for new employees.
• Training and development budget for every employee, refreshed each year.
• Parental leave for qualified employees.
• Work with smart people who will help you grow and make a meaningful impact.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Constructor

At Constructor.io we are committed to cultivating a work environment that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome individuals of all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities to all applicants regardless of their education, diversity of opinion, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or affiliation in any other protected group. Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. Our primary interest is in finding the best candidate for the job. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of our listed qualifications.