Senior ML Engineer - Production ML & Java Backends

Wonder; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Discounted meals

Job summary

Wonder's Model Platform team builds the systems that take ML models from prototype to production and keep them running smoothly. Our models power dining experiences for millions of customers across Wonder platforms.

We seek a Staff ML Engineer with strong Java backend expertise to define architecture, lead performance initiatives, and drive ML initiatives across teams while coding and mentoring others in a hands-on leadership role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering with high-traffic backend services.
• 5+ years building and running ML systems in production.
• Experience setting technical direction across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define standard architecture for Java services calling ML models.
• Set load testing, performance, and capacity standards.
• Lead architecture reviews across ML and software teams.

Skills

Java backend

ML systems in production

Python

Spark/SQL

System design

Leadership

Communication

REST or gRPC

JVM tuning

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related

Tools

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS or GCP

SageMaker/Vertex AI

Job description

Wonder's Model Platform team builds the systems that take ML models from prototype to production and keep them running smoothly. Our models power dining experiences for millions of customers across Wonder platforms.

We seek a Staff ML Engineer with strong Java backend expertise to define architecture, lead performance initiatives, and drive ML initiatives across teams while coding and mentoring others in a hands-on leadership role.