Staff Software Engineer, Performance- Weights & Biases

Weights & Biases; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance

Short-term Disability Insurance

Long-term Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Health Savings Account

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Mental Wellness Benefits

Family-Forming Support

Paid Parental Leave

Childcare Support

401(k) with Employer Match

Flexible PTO

Catered Lunch

Job summary

Weights & Biases is seeking an experienced software engineer to own performance challenges and improve scalability and latency across the platform. You will design benchmarking frameworks and collaborate with cross-functional teams to weave performance thinking into the development lifecycle.

Requirements include 8+ years in software engineering with at least 2 years in performance, scalability or observability, and proficiency in Go, Python or TypeScript, plus deep knowledge of distributed

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on performance, scalability, or observability.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript and deep knowledge of distributed systems and performance monitoring tools are essential.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of complex performance challenges to improve system scalability and latency across the W&B platform.
• Design benchmarking frameworks and collaborate cross-functionally to embed performance thinking into the development lifecycle.

Skills

Performance Optimization

Systems Scalability

Observability

Go

Python

TypeScript

Distributed Systems

Load Testing

Benchmarking

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Datadog

CI/CD Pipelines

Data Analysis

Profiling

Job description

Take technical ownership of complex performance challenges to improve system scalability and latency across the W&B platform. Design benchmarking frameworks and collaborate cross-functionally to embed performance thinking into the development lifecycle.

Requirements: Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on performance, scalability, or observability. Proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript and deep knowledge of distributed systems and performance monitoring tools are essential.

Key Skills: Performance Optimization, Systems Scalability, Observability, Go, Python, TypeScript, Distributed Systems, Load Testing, Benchmarking, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, CI/CD Pipelines, Data Analysis, Profiling

Benefits: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Company-paid Life Insurance, Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Mental Wellness Benefits, Family-Forming Support, Paid Parental Leave, Childcare Support, 401(k) with Employer Match, Flexible PTO, Catered Lunch