Etsy

Senior Software Engineer, ML Enablement

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Brooklyn, NY, USASenior

Base Salary

$164k - $246k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Write production-grade Python, participate in code reviews and pair programming, and contribute to architectural decisions.
  • Build, operate, and improve scalable, reliable, and observable ML training and serving infrastructure on Google Cloud and Kubernetes.
  • Design and maintain infrastructure for deploying, hosting, resource-managing, and performance-tuning open-source and internally hosted LLMs.
  • Apply knowledge of deep learning, transformer architectures, prediction, and inference systems to infrastructure and system design decisions.
  • Partner with Applied Scientists to translate model training and serving requirements into self-service infrastructure.
  • Design large-scale infrastructure while balancing performance, cost, reliability, and high availability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Statistics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • At least 5 years of professional experience building, iterating on, and troubleshooting complex backend and infrastructure systems.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and production-ready Python development.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably Google Cloud, and Kubernetes for deploying and operating production workloads.
  • Familiarity with observability tooling such as metrics, logging, and tracing for distributed systems.
  • Working knowledge of machine learning fundamentals and awareness of LLM serving infrastructure and open-source model hosting.
  • Basic understanding of transformer architectures, predictors, and how model design choices affect serving infrastructure.
  • Comfort designing large-scale, high-availability infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Eligible for equity and an annual performance bonus, along with competitive benefits supporting employees and their families.
  • Candidates are prioritized within commuting distance of Etsy’s Brooklyn office, with in-office attendance once or twice per week depending on proximity.
  • Remote candidates outside commuting distance may be considered case by case, with occasional travel to the office expected.
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About Etsy

10,000+ employees

Etsy operates a global e-commerce marketplace for handmade, vintage, and craft-supply goods, connecting independent sellers with buyers worldwide. It earns revenue through listing and transaction fees, payments, shipping, and seller services such as advertising. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Etsy is publicly traded on Nasdaq and also operates marketplaces like Depop and Reverb.

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