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Software Engineer III - Machine Learning

Alation

Alation

Software Engineering
Redwood City, CA, USA
Posted on Jul 30, 2024

Big Data isn’t a problem. It’s an opportunity.

At Alation, we help people find, understand, and trust data. So they not only excel in their work — they drive value for their enterprise, team, and role. In the words of one customer, “Alation makes me look like a rockstar.”

We help companies you know and trust empower their people with the best data every day. Alation helps Discover Financial Services quickly generate value from their data to create the product and customer service innovations that help the iconic credit card company remain number one in customer satisfaction. And real estate giant Keller Williams uses Alation to govern the more than 70 TB of data that empowers their global team of over 190,000 agents.

With $340M in funding – valued at over $1.7 billion and 550+ customers, including 35% of Fortune 100 companies- Alation is poised to capitalize on data as an opportunity. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alation was named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list for the fourth time. Do you want to join a team that welcomes new ideas, supports your growth, and recognizes your unique value?

Join us!

Job Description:

Alation is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Search Team, which is focused on machine-learning technologies.

What does the Search Team do?

The Search Team delivers consumer-facing data insights in the Alation Data Catalog by working on our best-in-class search engine. We are working on bleeding-edge solutions as we integrate machine-learning technologies into our current

architecture. Our architecture encompasses the concerns of dealing with big data

problems while attaining near real-time performance. While doing this, we cooperate closely with the Product Team and our customers to ensure a first-class experience.

What you'll do:

  • Research and design solutions that best-fit customer needs.

  • Analysis, improvement, and integration of machine learning models and tools into the application.

  • Develop internal and customer-facing APIs that are fast, flexible, and reliable.

  • Document and evaluate machine learning processes.

  • Make smart scoping and priority decisions to ship fast, impactful code.

  • Oversee the performance of models and collect relevant metrics.

You should have:

  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

  • 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and shipping software products and services.

  • Proficiency in Python and experience with Java, R, and/or Julia.

  • Experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Keras for experimenting with models.

  • Proficiency in data wrangling, cleaning, preprocessing, and feature engineering methodologies for refining raw data in readiness for machine learning endeavors.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and analytical thinking to understand complex problems, formulate hypotheses, and devise effective machine-learning solutions.

  • Understanding of classical and modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinning.

  • Experience with several of the following:

    • Information retrieval and search ranking.

    • Natural Language Processing inclusive of text understanding, classification, and generative techniques.

    • Collaborative filtering/recommendation systems.

    • Unsupervised and weakly-supervised learning.

Compensation Pay Range:

$161,019.00 - $185,000.00

Salary Information

The base salary range is specific to the United States. The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, work location, specialty and training. If the final candidate has a different level of experience, the base salary target range may be lower or higher than what is published.

Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.

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