About the Role
We’re looking for a self-motivated, highly driven Senior Software Engineer to join Attentive’s Machine Learning Platform team. As a hands-on individual contributor, you’ll build and operate the platform capabilities that enable ML engineers and data scientists to develop, train, evaluate, deploy, and serve models reliably at scale.
Your work will span the ML lifecycle—including data and feature access, training infrastructure, model lifecycle management, batch and real-time inference, and platform observability. You’ll own well-scoped projects from design and implementation through production operations, partnering with Staff engineers and platform users to translate broader architectural direction into reliable, self-service capabilities.
This is an opportunity to join a growing ML Platform team and directly improve how quickly and safely Attentive ships AI- and ML-powered products.
What You’ll Accomplish
- Build and operate production-grade services and workflows for training, evaluating, deploying, and serving ML models.
- Implement improvements across ML data and feature access, training infrastructure, model lifecycle tooling, and batch and online inference.
- Develop scalable APIs, abstractions, and self-service tools that make ML engineers and data scientists more productive.
- Improve the reliability, observability, performance, and cost efficiency of ML platform components.
- Own projects through implementation, testing, rollout, monitoring, and ongoing production support.
- Contribute to technical designs and help break larger platform initiatives into deliverable milestones.
- Partner with ML, Data Science, Product Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to deliver AI and ML initiatives.
- Raise engineering quality through code reviews, documentation, operational best practices, and mentorship.
Your Expertise
- 5+ years building and operating production software or distributed systems, with meaningful experience in ML platform, MLOps, or ML infrastructure.
- Strong software engineering skills in Python, Java, or a comparable language, including experience building production services or developer-facing platforms.
- Experience in one or more areas of the ML lifecycle: training infrastructure, orchestration, feature platforms, model deployment, model lifecycle management, or inference.
- Experience with distributed data or compute technologies such as Spark, Ray, Kafka, or similar systems. Expertise in every listed technology is not required.
- Understanding of the design and operational tradeoffs between batch, streaming, online, and offline ML workloads.
- Experience running reliable workloads in a cloud environment using technologies such as Kubernetes, AWS, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Ability to diagnose performance, scalability, and reliability problems across application, data, and infrastructure layers.
- A track record of independently delivering complex projects while collaborating effectively with technical and business partners.
What We Use
- AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Istio, and Datadog
- Metaflow, MLflow, Argo, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face
- Python and Java services
- DynamoDB, Postgres, Redis, Kinesis, and other production data systems
- Spark, Ray, Kafka, and distributed batch and streaming systems
You'll get competitive perks and benefits, from health & wellness to equity, to help you bring your best self to work.
For US based applicants:
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $180,000 - $250,000 annually + equity + benefits
- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location
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Skills Required
- 5+ years in Data Engineering / MLOps
- Experience with PB-scale feature store
- Deep experience with Apache Spark, Spark Streaming, and Ray
- Knowledge of ML model training infrastructure
- Understand differences between online and offline ML inferences
Attentive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Attentive and has not been reviewed or approved by Attentive.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus a fully covered One Medical membership and mental health resources. Employer-paid options and added wellness stipends indicate strong support for physical and mental wellbeing.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are described as significant and a meaningful component of total compensation. Market-value cash pay paired with stock helps position overall packages as competitive.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leave, fertility and family-forming benefits, and supports such as Milk Stork and travel reimbursement for necessary medical care are offered. These provisions signal robust support for families across different needs.
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What We Do
Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for leading brands, designed to optimize message performance through 1:1 SMS and email interactions. Infusing intelligence at every stage of the consumer’s purchasing journey, Attentive empowers businesses to achieve hyper-personalized communication with their customers on a large scale. Leveraging AI-powered tools, a mobile-first approach, two-way conversations, and enterprise-grade technology, Attentive drives billions in online revenue for brands around the globe. Trusted by over 8,000 leading brands such as CB2, Urban Outfitters, GUESS, Dickey’s Barbeque Pit, and Wyndham Resort, Attentive is the go-to solution for delivering powerful commerce experiences for consumers with the brands they love. To learn more about Attentive or to request a demo, visit www.attentive.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), or Instagram.
Why Work With Us
At Attentive, you'll connect with inspiring, high-caliber people, and be encouraged to take risks, get creative, and think bigger. We're solving big problems for our customers, through our innovative AI solutions, giving employees the opportunity to thrive along the journey. The sky's the limit when it comes to what's possible.
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