Software Engineer, ML Infra & Distributed Systems (Staff & Principal)

Tubitv; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 227,200 - 417,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Generous Parental Leave

Monthly Wellness Reimbursement

Job summary

Tubitv is seeking a Software Engineer to join its ML Infrastructure team in San Francisco. You will be responsible for building systems that support machine learning and enhance user experience through scalable architectures.

The position requires expertise in languages like Scala, experience with AWS, and a knack for designing low-latency systems. Tubi offers a flexible remote work environment, various benefits, and a competitive salary range of $227,200 – $417,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern backend languages, preferably Scala.
• Background in building low-latency systems and online microservices.
• Proven ability to lead incident response efforts.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, high throughput distributed systems.
• Build reusable components for various ML applications.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to address challenges and recommend solutions.

Skills

Scala

AWS

Distributed systems

Containerization technologies (Docker/Kubernetes)

Microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Postgres

Cassandra

Kafka

Redis

Job description

About the Role:

As a Software Engineer on the ML Infrastructure team, you will collaborate closely with the Machine Learning and Product teams to build world‑class machine learning inference platforms. These platforms power essential services like personalized recommendations, search, and content understanding across Tubi.

A core responsibility of this team is developing and maintaining low‑latency ML model serving systems that support Deep Learning, LLM, and Search models. This involves building self‑service infrastructure and critical components such as the inference engine, feature store, vector store, and experimentation engine.

You will improve the way we deploy and operate our services and even contribute to open‑source projects. This role grants the architectural freedom to explore new frameworks, lead critical cross‑functional projects, and transform the capabilities of our ML and Product teams.

We currently have multiple openings:

• Staff Software Engineer
• Principal Software Engineer
  • Additional Details: As a Principal Engineer on the ML Infrastructure team, you will be a technical leader and visionary, driving the evolution of our machine learning platform. You will tackle the most complex and impactful technical challenges, shaping the architecture and technology choices that enable our ML capabilities to scale and deliver exceptional user experiences. You will be a key influencer, bridging the gap between engineering and product, and a mentor to senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Your work will be used by millions of users.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable, high throughput, and low latency distributed systems using Scala
• Build reusable components and services that serve various ML applications like Personalization, Search, Ads and Exploration
• Partner closely with ML engineers to understand their challenges and limitations and develop scalable solutions to address them. Proactively recommend solutions to keep our ML Inference stack state of the art.
• Take a data driven approach to identifying & optimizing latency, cost, and efficiency of our infra. Lead large scale cross functional refactorings if necessary
• Mentor other engineers on the team on system design, effective incident management, interviewing, leveraging LLMs for work, etc.
• Collaborate with ML, Product, and cross functional engineering teams to define the long term vision and architecture for ML Infrastructure at Tubi.

Your Background:

• Experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems in any modern backend language (e.g., Scala, Java, Python, Go, C++); experience with Scala or JVM based language is a plus.
• Strong experience with AWS or an equivalent cloud platform
• Experience building online microservices at scale with low latency serving
• Experience with both SQL (e.g. Postgres) and NoSQL databases (e.g. Cassandra), message brokers (e.g. Kafka), and caches (e.g. Redis)
• Experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Led the response and resolution efforts for multiple major, large‑scale incidents

Bonus:

• Familiarity with the machine learning infrastructure like inference engines (e.g. torschserve, triton, vLLM), vector stores (e.g. LanceDB, FAISS), feature stores (e.g. Feast), ElastiCache, model training orchestration, etc.
• Understanding of ML model training pipelines and model internals. Experience with Recommender Systems, Search, Autocomplete and Ads ML is a plus
• Previous experience with Akka, Erlang, Elixir or Go
• Proficient in data‑driven analysis of complex A/B testing results

About Tubi:

Tubi is a free streaming service that entertains over 100 million monthly active users. Tubi offers the world's largest collection of Hollywood movies and TV shows, thousands of creator‑led stories and hundreds of Tubi Originals made for the most passionate fans. Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2014, Tubi is part of Tubi Media Group, a division of Fox Corporation.

Job Details:

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is listed annually below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, long‑term incentive plan, and various benefits including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents.

High cost labor markets such as but not limited to Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.

Pay Range: $227,200 — $417,000 USD

Benefits:

• For US‑based non‑exempt Tubi employees, the FOX Employee Benefits summary accurately captures the Vacation and Sick Time.
• For all salaried/exempt employees, in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy, Tubi offers a Flexible Time off Policy to manage all personal matters.
• For all full‑time, regular employees, in lieu of FOX Paid Parental Leave, Tubi offers a generous Parental Leave Program, which allows parents twelve (12) weeks of paid bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement of a child in addition to applicable government leave program(s) and FOX’s short‑term disability policy. This time is 100% paid through a combination of any applicable state, city, and federal leaves and wage‑replacement programs in addition to contributions made by Tubi.
• For all full‑time, regular employees, Tubi offers a monthly wellness reimbursement.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.