Whatnot

LLM Platform Engineer

Whatnot

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about 1 month ago
Los Angeles, CA, USA +3 more
Mid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$225k - $320k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the infrastructure powering LLMs across critical business surfaces.
  • Create robust and scalable LLM evaluation frameworks to measure model performance.
  • Deploy RAG systems and MCP servers to ground LLM responses in business context.
  • Design efficient human-in-the-loop feedback pipelines for scalable LLM evaluation.
  • Bridge the gap between research and production for scalable solutions.
  • Take on new technical challenges as AI scales across Whatnot’s ecosystem.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional experience developing machine learning systems.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience building production systems.
  • 1+ years of professional experience developing software in Python.
  • Experience with operational, search, and key-value databases.
  • Familiarity with cloud computing platforms and managed services.
  • Exceptional documentation and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays.
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision.
  • Work From Home Support with setup allowance and monthly allowances.
  • Care benefits including wellness and childcare allowances.
  • 401k offering with employer match and international pension plans.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave plus a gradual return to work.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache FlinkApache KafkaAWSDatadogElasticsearchGrafanaPostgreSQLPythonRedis

Categories

AI & MLBackend