Matroid

Principal Software Engineer

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24 days ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead major initiatives spanning software, infrastructure, deep learning, and computer vision from ideation through production iteration.
  • Make consequential architectural decisions balancing velocity, reliability, maintainability, performance, and cost.
  • Prototype, code, and debug high-leverage problems across models, software, infrastructure, hardware, and data.
  • Turn ambiguous goals into pragmatic designs, milestones, and clear ownership.
  • Raise engineering effectiveness through technical direction, delegation, review, mentorship, and barrier removal.
  • Own production outcomes with high autonomy and lead through technical judgment, communication, and example.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in either computer vision and deep learning or production systems and infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated success building substantial technical systems alongside multiple engineers.
  • A track record of making sound architectural decisions and pragmatically evolving complex systems.
  • Significant recent experience designing systems, writing production code, and debugging difficult cross-system failures.
  • Strong communication skills, especially when framing technical decisions and tradeoffs.
  • Passion for learning and ability to work across different parts of the stack.
  • Preferred experience includes leading engineers across machine learning and infrastructure, GPU systems, distributed systems, Kubernetes, AWS, MLOps, production computer vision, hiring or managing engineers while remaining technical, and significant open-source contributions or publications.

Benefits

  • Gym membership reimbursement.
  • Free lunch, healthy drinks, and snacks every day.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% paid premiums.
  • Flexible schedule.
  • Budget for hardware or software that improves effectiveness.
  • Regular technology talks on computer vision, deep learning, and engineering.
  • Equal-opportunity work environment.

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11-50 employees
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