Staff Backend Engineer, Customer Value Optimisation
HelloFreshabout 3 hours ago
New York, NY, USA
Staff+
Base Salary
$1 - $10/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and own robust, scalable infrastructure for live serving of ML models in production.
- Act as the technical bridge between Data Science and Backend Engineering teams.
- Define and drive best practices for model serving, APIs, and system design.
- Lead cross-squad technical initiatives from architecture decisions to implementation.
- Partner with Data Scientists to ensure models are production-ready.
- Contribute to tribe-wide engineering standards and shape the technical roadmap.
- Mentor and support engineers across squads.
Requirements
- 7+ years of backend engineering experience with a strong foundation in Python.
- Proven experience building and operating ML model serving systems in production.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and microservices architecture.
- Strong track record of delivering complex, cross-functional projects.
- Excellent communication skills to work with Data Scientists and Engineers.
- A collaborative, low-ego approach with strong technical judgment.
Tech Stack
Python
Categories
AI & MLBackendData Science