Senior AI Platform Engineer: Scalable Backend for Models

Docusign; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,400 - 235,375; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Full Health Benefits Plans

Retirement Plans

Learning and Development

Compassionate Care Leave

Job summary

Docusign is seeking a Software Engineer to join the AI Platform team in San Francisco, California. The role involves architecting and building robust backend systems that support global AI capabilities and model serving.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on distributed systems, along with proficiency in Python and other languages. Docusign offers a hybrid work model and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a primary focus on distributed systems.
• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining ML models in high-traffic, production environments.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one strongly-typed language (e.g., Java, Go, or C#).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-performance distributed systems to support model inference.
• Design resilient, horizontally scalable backend services for data processing.
• Optimize system performance and implement advanced monitoring for reliability.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Distributed systems

Scalable backend architecture

Python

Java or Go or C#

Container orchestration

High-performance database design

Building production systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

Azure or GCP infrastructure

Job description

Docusign is seeking a Software Engineer to join the AI Platform team in San Francisco, California. The role involves architecting and building robust backend systems that support global AI capabilities and model serving.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on distributed systems, along with proficiency in Python and other languages. Docusign offers a hybrid work model and a comprehensive benefits package.