About the Position

ML Data Infrastructure Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

About AppLovin

AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end advertising solutions for businesses to reach, monetize, and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin, visit: www.applovin.com.

To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.

As a member of our ML Data Platform team, you'll solve technical challenges, including upgrading and implementing state-of-the-art software infrastructure. The team builds a high-performance, high availability, globally distributed ecosystem platform of services that in turn provide the foundation for rapid development of novel new systems that integrate into that ecosystem and improve it.

The Impact You'll Make

Design and build data processing infrastructure for model training and feature serving, optimizing for performance, reproducibility, and traceability
Collaborate closely with research teams to design and implement novel data processing architectures for emerging model and training paradigms
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across the training data pipeline, from raw data ingestion to feature delivery
Establish best practices, tooling for data infrastructure used across ML teams

Required Qualifications

Have 1 - 3 years of experience and a minimum of a BS and/or MS in Computer Science
Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience building high-throughput, fault-tolerant distributed systems
Hands-on experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark or Flink
Solid grounding in data structures, systems design, and performance optimization
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

Background in MLOps, Data Infrastructure, or ML Infrastructure
Experience with ML training pipelines, feature stores, or model-serving systems

We Offer

Competitive total compensation package with a pay-for-performance rewards approach
Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off: Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
Paid Holidays: 10 paid holidays per year
Paid Sick Leave: 80 hours per year
Equity eligible

About the Company

AppLovin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about EEO rights as an applicant here.

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CA Base Pay Range

$140,000-$250,000 USD

Method of Application: Apply online

Application Window: The application window is expected to close within 30 days of the posting date.

All questions or concerns about this posting should be directed to [email protected].

ML Data Infrastructure Engineer

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