
AI Backend Engineer II
Yum! Brands, Inc.10 days ago
Irvine, CA, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Deploy, integrate, and operate machine learning solutions within production systems and business applications.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable systems for deploying, serving, monitoring, and integrating machine learning models.
- Optimize machine learning platforms, services, and deployment pipelines for performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, DevOps teams, and business stakeholders.
- Automate deployment processes, monitor system performance, and ensure reliable production operations.
- Evaluate emerging machine learning, software engineering, and cloud computing technologies for business use.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production software systems supporting machine learning solutions in real-world business applications.
- Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and microservices in production environments.
- Proficiency in Python and strong software engineering skills for building scalable, maintainable code.
- Experience with Kafka, Pulsar, or RabbitMQ and real-time data streaming.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Preferred experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP; Git; and tools and trends related to large language models and generative AI.