For the given job description <<X is Alphabets moonshot factory. We are a diverse group of inventors and entrepreneurs who build and launch technologies that aim to improve the lives of millions, even billions, of people. Our goal: 10x impact on the worlds most intractable problems, not just 10% improvement. We approach projects that have the aspiration and riskiness of research with the speed and ambition of a startup.
About The Team
Tidal is a team at X working on a moonshot to protect the ocean and preserve its ability to support life and help feed humanity, sustainably. Our initial area of focus is on developing hardware and software technologies that bring greater visibility and understanding of whats happening under the water. Learn more about Project Tidal .
About The Role
As an Applied Machine Learning Software Engineer at Tidal, you will be working alongside other software engineers, perception experts, and research scientists to develop and deploy state-of-the-art methods to create a platform leveraging perception and machine learning to solve humanitys biggest problems  from food production to renewable energy to climate change  by sustainably utilizing the ocean.
Your role will be to enable developers to run ML workflows smoothly and efficiently. You will develop sustainable, scalable solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of these ML workflows, improve engineer productivity and ultimately help advance our Perception and ML Platform. If you love getting tech to work on challenging, real world problems, please apply!
How You Will Make 10X Impact
Work with our customers to understand the problem space, run experiments, collect data, and design novel and breakthrough ML solutions Profile ML performance at both model level and system level, identify performance bottlenecks and optimization opportunitiesImprove and streamline large-scale machine learning workflows for training and inference by analyzing, understanding, and fixing bottlenecksEnable better component-wise testing of training workflowsAutomate data uploadprocessingtrainingevaluatingdeployingoptimizing pipelines and develop monitoring and notification tooling to track statistics of the pipelines, improving debuggability and introspection into these complex workflowsRespond to and resolve emergent problems in production; test ML training pipelines; write software and build automation to prevent problem recurrenceKeep track of major changes and trends in infrastructure and enable adoption of new frameworks and systems without significant impact on development workEngage in capacity planning, quota management, and demand forecasting for ML workflowsCollaborate with stakeholder teams to implement and evolve large-scale Machine Learning infrastructure
What You Should Have
BS degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experienceStrong programming skills in Python andor C++Expertise in data structures, algorithms and complexity analysis.Experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems, especially enterprise cloud services (e.g., GCP, AWS)Experience with ML platforms, solutions, and infrastructure deployed to solve real world problems
Itd Be Great If You Also Had These
Experience with C++ andor GoExperience with TensorFlow or PytorchExperience with SQL or similar, and parallel data processing pipelines (e.g. Flume, Apache Beam)Expertise in architecting and deploying machine learning pipelines at scaleExpertise in getting ML models into productionFamiliarity with state-of-the-art ML models for perceptioncomputer vision tasksCustomer-facing experience creating software solutionsMS or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience>> the resume: <<Professional SummaryA senior technical leader with hands-on leadership skills, a team player who works in synergy with staff and peers, excellent communicator, creative, and an out of the box thinker with a strong track record of shipping high-quality software products that billions of people use every day.
SkillsSoftware EngineeringLeadership skillsSkilled problem solverTeam building expertiseIOS Application DevelopmentFull-stack Application DevelopmentTeam ExecutionRecruiting & On-boarding and mentoringStrong communication skillsProduct developmentProduct Experimentation and A/B TestingAgile MethodologiesProgramming Languages: Objective-C, Python, SQL, MySQL
EducationBoston UniversityBoston, MA,Expected in––Master of Science:Computer Information Systems-GPA:Bilkent UniversityAnkara, Turkey,Expected in––Bachelor of Science:Computer Information Systems-GPA:
Work HistoryLockheed Martin Corporation-Staff Software EngineerHighlands Ranch,CO,06/2015-06/2019Team Lead- Messenger P2P Payments (1/2019 - 5/2019)Built a new team from 0 to 60 for a complete re-write of P2P payment product in Messenger iOS appLed 5 engineers and set the technical direction for the P2P Payment client re-write. Architect, designed and implemented the major P2P payment flow including send/receive money flowsPrioritized features, identified dependencies, communicated and partnered with cross-functional team leaders to hit company-level milestones and deadlines on-timeImproved team execution processes including bi-weekly sprint planning process, daily stand-ups, weekly team meetingCoached junior and senior engineers to improve their productivity, communication and leadership skillsTeam Lead- Instagram Business Communications (7/2017 - 1/2019)Founding engineer for the team, help built the team and grew to 6 team members. Managed the team about 6 months before transitioning to new roleArchitect and implemented all major business messaging product features including Instagram Direct Inbox filters, quick replies, priority inbox, star messagesBuilt quarter product roadmaps along with PM and owned the execution end to endBuilt a high-performing, strong engineering culture within the team by writing design documents, test plans and logging specs, common-used SQL queries, and leading successful production rollouts, and making proactive changes that improve stabilityConducted product experiments, investigated and performed statistical analysis on A/B test resultsSetup dashboard and monitoring systems for the product and created on-call rotation for product stabilityCoached a group of 13 engineers, intern managers, to support their interns for 12 weeks. 93% of interns got offer at the endCo-led Instagram iOS on-boarding training for a year, gave presentations and helped new employees ramp on the tools, processes and codebaseRecruited and mentored talent from bootcampiOS Lead- Instagram Ads (6/2015 - 7/2017)Designed and implemented major Instagram Ads products in iOS application including Instagram Story Ads, Story links, Canvas ads, watch & browse adsLed 4 iOS engineers and interns and set technical direction for the ads product architecture including reusable components, refactoring projects, and stability measuresMentored junior team members and helped them ramp up on code base and toolsCreated and led Instagram Intern iOS on-boarding program that helped Instagram summer/winter interns to quickly ramp-up on tools, processes and client codebaseLivongo Health, Inc.-Senior Software EngineerMountain View,CA,08/2009-03/2015Senior Software Engineer, Outlook.com 11/2012 - 3/2015Designed and Integrated Skype (IM/Audio/Video Call) into Outlook.comDesigned and implemented crypto key management system which supports crypto key rotationSoftware Engineer, Visual Studio Tools for T-SQL, 8/2010 - 11/2012Designed and implemented the T-SQL debugger test infrastructure and API for functional and unit testsHelped developers resolve their issues via MSDN forumsSoftware Engineer in Test, (MSFT Contractor) 8/2009 - 8/2010Designed and implemented test cases for Bing Twitter Maps productConducted load testing and capacity analysis for Bing Twitter Maps product
SkillsSoftware EngineeringLeadership skillsSkilled problem solverTeam building expertiseIOS Application DevelopmentFull-stack Application DevelopmentTeam ExecutionRecruiting & On-boarding and mentoringStrong communication skillsProduct developmentProduct Experimentation and A/B TestingAgile MethodologiesProgramming Languages: Objective-C, Python, SQL, MySQL>>. The result is, 

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