Senior Backend Engineer

Job description

**Job Description:**



DataRobot delivers AI that maximizes impact and minimizes business risk.

Our platform and applications integrate into core business processes so teams can develop, deliver, and govern AI at scale.

DataRobot empowers practitioners to deliver predictive and generative AI, and enables leaders to secure their AI assets.

Organizations worldwide rely on DataRobot for AI that makes sense for their business — today and in the future.



As a member of the Monitoring and Governance (MLOps) team, you’ll be directly responsible for the systems that enable customers to safely operate and monitor predictive and generative AI models spanning many different use cases.

That includes detecting drift or accuracy issues in predictive models as well as providing mechanisms for monitoring and reacting to hallucinations in generative models.

The overall goal is to reduce risk for our customers and help make their AI use cases successful.



We are looking for engineers who are willing to continuously learn, challenge themselves, and apply their knowledge to improve DataRobot’s MLOps platform.



In order to keep up with the demand for new features in our product, we are looking to grow our backend engineering team.



**The primary responsibilities of this team include:**



+ Adapting our MLOps offering to deal with new technical challenges in the predictive and particularly generative AI landscape

+ Seek, give, and receive critical feedback in a constructive manner, both formally and informally through code reviews, pair programming, and other ad-hoc collaboration

+ Maintaining and improving our existing tools, APIs, integrations and tests.

+ Operate and troubleshoot the services we maintain in Kubernetes clusters

+ Working directly with customers in workshops or escalations.

+ Lead your own projects with high autonomy through technical designs, implementation, and release to customers

+ Collaborate closely with product managers to distill requirements into technical tasks and drive technical feedback on potential solutions

+ Operate a 24/7 on-call rotation where team members take turns dealing with operational incidents and key customer escalations



You will be working with a team of engineers from diverse locations, including Ukraine, Poland and USA.



**Required skills and experience**



+ Master’s in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent professional experience

+ 3+ years of production experience writing Python applications

+ CKAD level understanding of Kubernetes (certification is not necessary)

+ Basic understanding of Linux System Administration

+ Experience with database systems such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB or ElasticSearch

+ Basic understanding of OpenTelemetry Tracing, Logs and Metrics

+ Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing in English on technical issues



**Distinguishing factors**



Candidates can distinguish themselves with:



+ Publicly reviewable contributions to relevant open source projects

+ CKA or CKAD certifications

+ Prior experience with operation or monitoring of predictive or generative models

+ Production experience writing Go applications

+ Prior experience developing for the AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud platforms



The talent and dedication of our employees are at the core of DataRobot’s journey to be an iconic company.

We strive to attract and retain the best talent by providing competitive pay and benefits with our employees’ well-being at the core.

Here’s what your benefits package may include depending on your location and local legal requirements: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Flexible Time Off Program, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more!



**DataRobot Operating Principles:**



+ Wow Our Customers

+ Set High Standards

+ Be Better Than Yesterday

+ Be Rigorous

+ Assume Positive Intent

+ Have the Tough Conversations

+ Be Better Together

+ Debate, Decide, Commit

+ Deliver Results

+ Overcommunicate



Research shows that many women only apply to jobs when they meet 100% of the qualifications while many men apply to jobs when they meet 60%.

**At DataRobot we encourage ALL candidates, especially women, people of color, LGBTQ+ identifying people, differently abled, and other people from marginalized groups to apply to our jobs, even if you do not check every box.** We’d love to have a conversation with you and see if you might be a great fit.



DataRobot is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

DataRobot is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Please see the United States Department of Labor’s EEO poster and EEO poster supplement for additional information.



All applicant data submitted is handled in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Policy (https://www.datarobot.com/privacy/applicantpolicy/) .



DataRobot delivers AI that maximizes impact and minimizes business risk.

Our AI applications and platform integrate into core business processes so teams can develop, deliver, and govern AI at scale.

DataRobot empowers practitioners to deliver predictive and generative AI, and enables leaders to secure their AI assets.

Organizations worldwide rely on DataRobot for AI that makes sense for their business — today and in the future.

For more information, visit our website (http://www.datarobot.com) and connect with us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/datarobot/) .



**_DataRobot has become aware of scams involving false offers of DataRobot employment.

The scams and false offers use imposter websites, email addresses, text messages, and other fraudulent means.

None of these offers are legitimate, and DataRobot’s recruiting process never involves conducting interviews via instant messages, nor requires candidates to purchase products or services, or to process payments on our behalf._** **_Please note that DataRobot does not ask for money in its recruitment process._** **_DataRobot is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all job applicants.

We encourage all job seekers to be vigilant and protect themselves against recruitment scams by verifying the legitimacy of any job offer before providing personal information or paying any_** **_fees.

Communication_** **_from our company will be sent from a verified email address using the @_** **_datarobot.com_** **_email domain.

If you receive any suspicious emails or messages claiming to be from DataRobot, please do not respond._**



**_Thank you for your interest in DataRobot, and we look forward to receiving your application through our official channels._**



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