The Role
Build, operate, and improve production services that deliver machine learning models within exocad’s AI Design product. Responsibilities include model serving APIs, containerized deployments, versioning, staged rollouts, rollback automation, infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and AWS, monitoring, observability, and performance tuning. The role also contributes to training and labeling infrastructure and requires collaboration across engineering, product, and global teams, including work across AWS global and China environments.
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This position is ideal for a mid-level software engineer specializing in cloud-native backend development to join the exocad Machine Learning team as a Backend Engineer, owning the production services that put ML models in front of users. Working closely with ML researchers, frontend engineers, and product teams across sites, you'll extend and operate the model serving layer behind exocad's dental CAD workflows: inference APIs, deployment and rollout automation, versioning, monitoring, and the performance and cost tuning that keeps them healthy under real workloads. You'll also contribute to the upstream training and labeling infrastructure that feeds them. This role focuses on the engineering that turns research prototypes into reliable, observable, traceable production systems, and on the operational discipline that keeps model behavior predictable release over release.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain, extend, and operate the production services that serve exocad’s ML models as part of the exocad AI Design product.
- Own model deployment end to end: containerized builds, versioning, staged rollout, rollback, and reproducible release artifacts.
- Automate provisioning and deployment with Terraform and AWS-native tooling so environments stay consistent and releases repeatable.
- Build monitoring into serving systems for latency, throughput, resource utilization, and error rates, and act on what the telemetry shows.
- Collaborate with engineering, and product teams to deliver compliant and business-aligned cloud and data solutions.
- Own deployments in both our AWS global and AWS China environments, partnering with our regional experts on data residency requirements.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or similar education.
- Experience: 4+ years in backend engineering, including 2+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating systems on AWS.
- Skills: Strong proficiency in Python, and C#; solid grounding in systems design and distributed systems; solid understanding of AWS services (SageMaker, EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, RDS); experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD automation (Jenkins); hands-on experience with Docker and containerized services.
- Communication: Ability to clearly document and explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Teamwork: Proven ability to collaborate effectively across global, cross-functional teams.
- Product Mindset: Ability to understand what our customers really need and build accordingly.
- General understanding of machine learning concepts, training and evaluation workflows.
- Experience with GitHub Actions.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Splunk, Datadog, or Prometheus.
Job Benefits
- Exciting and varied tasks in a dynamic and growing software company
- Flat hierarchies and fast decision-making
- A positive working environment that values both freedom and responsibility
- Strong team spirit and a very pleasant atmosphere
- Modern offices, workstations and the latest technologies
- Flexible working hours
- Training and development opportunities
- Company events
- Sports activities and work-life balance initiatives
- Free drinks, fruit and snacks
- Canteen with in-house cook
- Good transport connections
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About
Your growth and well-being:At Align, every smile matters. We’re committed to helping you thrive by supporting the health, growth, and well-being of our team members through a variety of tools and programs. While specific offerings may vary by location and role, Align employees can typically expect:Health and well-being programs to keep you thriving in both body and mind.Employee-exclusive discounts on Invisalign products.Learning opportunities through online learning resources and support for your individual development plans.Inclusive, global workplace that fosters collaboration, recognition and belonging.Country and/or role specific details will be shared with you by your recruiter during the interview process. Discover Align:We are a global community of game-changers and smart team players, united by our belief in the power of a smile. Our dynamic team of exceptional employees is dedicated to transforming the industry and creating extraordinary outcomes every day.Align’s core values of agility, customer, and accountability are more than words to work by, they are words we live by. The actions we take every day speak to who we are as a company and our focus on being truly impactful. We celebrate our differences, and the many ways we support one another— ultimately creating a more inclusive organization and world as we continue transforming smiles and changing lives.We foster a culture where thinking differently and seeking new experiences are not just encouraged but celebrated. With the Align Mindset, we empower each other, ensuring every voice is heard and valued in an inclusive environment that inspires creativity and collaboration.At Align, we believe in the power of a smile, and we know that every smile is as unique as our employees. As we grow, we are committed to building a workforce rich in diverse cultural backgrounds and life experiences, fostering a culture of open-mindedness and compassion. We live our company values by promoting healthy people and healthy communities, all with the intent of changing millions of lives, one unique smile at a time. As part of our commitment to innovation, Align Technology includes exocad and Cubicure, companies that enhance our offerings and extend our impact to industry transformation.Eager to learn how we embrace our global differences and nurture employee well-being? Explore Align's culture here!Want to discover more about exocad and Cubicure? Click on their names for additional information.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related field, or equivalent education
- 4+ years of backend engineering experience
- 2+ years designing and operating systems on AWS
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Strong proficiency in C#
- Knowledge of systems design and distributed systems
- Understanding of AWS services including SageMaker, EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, and RDS
- Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code
- Experience with Jenkins and CI/CD automation
- Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized services
- Ability to document and explain technical concepts clearly
- Ability to collaborate across global, cross-functional teams
- Ability to understand customer needs and apply a product mindset
- Understanding of machine learning concepts and training and evaluation workflows
- Experience with GitHub Actions
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Splunk, Datadog, or Prometheus
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, life, and both short‑ and long‑term disability, along with AD&D and wellness resources. Select locations add region‑specific programs such as medical coverage and Multisport, reinforcing breadth.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A corporate bonus plan outlines performance‑based rewards and eligibility, and compensation is described as competitive in commercial roles. Incentive structures in sales are portrayed as offering strong on‑target earnings potential.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs feature a 401(k) plan with company contribution mechanisms, profit sharing, and a defined contribution pension plan. These elements emphasize long‑term financial security alongside salary and bonus.
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Twenty years ago, we pioneered the world's first clear aligners. Since then, we have continuously innovated with new products and technologies that are revolutionizing treatments for doctors and their patients. Invisalign clear aligners and the iTero Intraoral scanner help dental professionals achieve the clinical results they expect and deliver effective, advanced dental options to their patients. Helping change millions of lives, one smile at a time. Discover your straight path to a bright future at Align. As a part of our smart, diverse and fast-moving global team, you'll make an impact for the market leader that's moving an industry forward. Want to find out what’s next for us—and for you?
