ML Platform Engineer II
Course Hero is scaling! A Course Hero ML Platform Engineer II is a strong developer who collaborates with team members, owns critical parts of the key projects, and participates in the continuous improvement of our software systems. We expect you to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, and adapt to constantly evolving business needs.
You will demonstrate your engineering expertise and passion for applying technology to help tackle real business problems as they happen. You should be comfortable working with loosely defined requirements and have a strong desire to work on a variety of business applications. Our engineers are versatile leaders who work enthusiastically to seek new problems across the technology stack.
You'll work closely with the product team and other specialists to tackle moderately sophisticated technical challenges as well as craft product features that our customers love. You can view these videos to learn more about our engineering culture, and our company mission.
You will be part of the Discovery pod and will be responsible for shipping compelling and engaging search and recommendations experiences that will help millions of students discover relevant, course-specific content that empowers them to graduate confident and prepared.
This is a full-time role located in Redwood City, CA
Here are some ways you’ll make an impact:
- Review, understand, and discuss product requirements with team and product managers
- Implement, test, and maintain distributed systems that perform 24x7
- Debug and fix production issues
- Consistently improve maintainability and stability of the codebase
- Collaborate with ML, UX, and product to conceptualize and execute on our exciting content discovery roadmap.
Are you our ML Platform Engineer II?
- Object-Oriented Programming concepts, data structures, and algorithms
- Modern engineering languages (Python, Go), microservices SOA architecture
- Familiarity with streaming solutions (e.g Kafka, RabbitMQ, Spark, etc.)
- A focused approach to writing automated tests
- Hands-on experience with developing and maintaining distributed systems
- Ability to articulate sophisticated concepts in writing and in person
- 2+ years of relevant proven experience
Bonus Points:
- Operational knowledge of relational and non-relational databases (e.g. MySQL/Postgres and Cassandra/ElasticSearch)
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS Ecosystem
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement (EEO)
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion within our company. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or ability status. We will ensure that individuals who are differently abled are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment as provided to other applicants or employees. Please contact us to request accommodation.
About Us:
Course Hero is on a mission to help students graduate, confident and prepared. The online learning platform offers over 60 million course-specific study resources created by and for students and educators, as well as 24/7 tutor help. More than 65,000 verified college educators use Course Hero to collaborate with other faculty and share resources to hone new strategies for instruction. Everyday, students, educators and tutors help more than 20 million students make every study hour count.
We have an awesome team and a truly engaging culture. We are customer-focused, collaborative, responsible, gritty, and we love to learn. Our bold mission is to help students graduate confident and prepared!
We are not the only ones that think we’re onto something big. Course Hero has been recognized as one of the 2021 Top 100 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area, Top 50 Best Paying Companies in the Bay Area, Top 100 Most Transparent Companies, and in the Top 50 Most Transformational Companies in Education Technology. Read up on some of our recent news coverage, blog, and learn more about us to see what it is like to work with our team.
Join us on our mission!
