Lead Software Engineer

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Hiring Remotely in Montevideo
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Database • Analytics
The Role
The Lead Software Engineer will optimize ML systems for a biotechnology application, focusing on profiling, optimizing, and refactoring computational pipelines for efficiency.
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Company Description

Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. With a mission to fuel bold visions, Blend tackles significant challenges by seamlessly aligning human expertise with artificial intelligence. The company is dedicated to unlocking value and fostering innovation for its clients by harnessing world-class people and data-driven strategy. We believe that the power of people and AI can have a meaningful impact on your world, creating more fulfilling work and projects for our people and clients. For more information, visit www.blend360.com

What is the position about? 

We are looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer with expertise in performance optimization to enhance and scale Machine Learning systems for a cutting-edge biotechnology application. The ideal candidate will be passionate about profiling, optimizing, and refactoring computational pipelines to achieve peak efficiency in high-performance computing environments. 

Job Description

  • Profile and optimize ML workloads using tools like cProfile and memory_profiler, identifying CPU/GPU bottlenecks. 
  • Apply vectorization and parallelization techniques (GPU/TPU, multi-threading) to accelerate performance. 
  • Work with large-scale datasets efficiently using Pandas, NumPy, and JAX, minimizing costly type conversions. 
  • Implement and optimize ODE solvers and computational workflows. 
  • Leverage JAX best practices, including JIT compilation and maintaining computational graph integrity. 
  • Refactor code for scalability, maintainability, and consistency. 

Qualifications

  • Strong Python programming skills with experience in performance optimization. 
  • Proficiency in profiling tools and vectorized computation. 
  • Solid understanding of parallelization (multi-threading, GPU/TPU). 
  • Experience with high-performance computing in ML contexts. 
  • Familiarity with machine learning workflows and data processing at scale. 
  • Experience working with JAX and its performance optimization features is a nice to have skill. 
  • Experience setting up automated benchmarking and performance regression tests in CI/CD pipelines. 

What about languages?

Advanced English proficiency required.

How much experience must I have?

Minimum of 8 years in software development, with experience with Machine Learning as well.  

Additional Information

📚 Learning Opportunities: 

  • Certifications in AWS (we are AWS Partners), Databricks, and Snowflake. 
  • Access to AI learning paths to stay up to date with the latest technologies. 
  • Study plans, courses, and additional certifications tailored to your role. 
  • Access to Udemy Business, offering thousands of courses to boost your technical and soft skills. 
  • English lessons to support your professional communication. 

👩‍🏫 Mentoring and Development: 

  • Career development plans and mentorship programs to help shape your path. 

🎁 Celebrations & Support: 

  • Special day rewards to celebrate birthdays, work anniversaries, and other personal milestones. 
  • Company-provided equipment.  

⚖️ Flexible working options to help you strike the right balance.    

Other benefits may vary according to your location in LATAM. For detailed information regarding the benefits applicable to your specific location, please consult with one of our recruiters. 

So what are the next steps?  

Our team is eager to learn about you! Send us your resume or LinkedIn profile below and we’ll explore working together! 

Top Skills

Ci/Cd
Cprofile
Gpu
Jax
Memory_Profiler
Numpy
Pandas
Python
Tpu
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The Company
HQ: Columbia, MD
390 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Our Vision is to build a company of world-class people that helps our clients optimize business performance through data, technology and analytics.

Blend360 has two divisions:
Data Science Solutions: We work at the intersection of data, technology and analytics.
Talent Solutions: We live and breathe the digital and talent marketplace.

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