Senior Software Engineer, ML - NEON
Title: Senior Software Engineer, ML - NEON
Company: Samsung Research America (SRA)
Lab: NEON
Location: Mountain View, CA
Lab Summary
We are NEON, a subsidiary of Samsung dedicated to creating Artificial Humans who interact with you in ways indistinguishable from the real world. Our NEONs (Neo humaNs) draw inspiration from the most natural of interfaces: interaction with another human being. Bringing together a world-class R&D team of researchers, developers, and engineers, that are building production technology at the forefront of artificial intelligence, machine learning, real-time computing, conversational agents, computer graphics, design, and more.
NEONs hold the potential to advance our digital world while preserving the elements of human interaction that are meaningful to all of us. If you share that dream – if you want to make the visions you saw in Her, Blade Runner, and more into tangible reality – and are passionate about taking such ideas into handcrafted renderings, we would love to hear from you!
Position Summary
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and develop the platform to build the next generation of NEONS and deliver the digital human technology to a wider user base. As a part of NEON's machine learning team, you will solve challenging problems, work alongside researchers and other engineers, guide the development roadmap, and lead engineering excellence to deliver the most value to the end user.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, operationalize, and scale the machine learning pipeline for research and production.
- Lead and advocate for DevOPs/MLOPs principles to enable a fast and reliable path to take research to production.
- Introduce and drive best practices in developing, testing, and deploying systems.
- Ensure reliability and repeatability of data preprocessing, model training, and evaluation.
- Improve and maintain data pipelines, train/deploy machine learning models, develop external facing APIs, and build out infrastructure.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in building and shipping software
- Ability to write production quality code in Python and/or C++
- Experience in building and maintaining data intensive applications
- Experience in designing, building, and deploying consumer facing APIs using Flask/Django
- Experience with Docker, CI/CD tools, orchestration technologies (Kubernetes), autoscaling, and monitoring
A Little Extra!
- Strong knowledge of the virtual human ecosystem
- Familiarity with PyTorch
Additional Information
Work Hours
Incumbent must make themselves available during core business hours.
Physical Requirements
This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers, and reach with hands and arms.
EEO Statement
Samsung is committed to encouraging a diverse workplace and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Samsung Research America drives innovation across multiple domains, from digital health solutions and advanced system-on-chip architectures to pioneering robotics research. Our focus is on creating and scaling technologies that enhance everyday life and support the next generation of Samsung products. We partner with academic institutions and startups to foster groundbreaking developments that align with Samsung's strategic vision.