Remote Software Engineer

Description:

• Union is solving challenges in AI infrastructure, focusing on high-velocity iteration and production-readiness for AI workloads at scale.
• The company stewards Flyte, an open-source project that is becoming the standard for modern data and AI orchestration.
• Back-End Engineers will tackle cutting-edge challenges and develop innovative solutions to advance technology and deliver customer value.
• Responsibilities include designing large scale, multi-tenant distributed control planes for ML and Data processes, and modern Golang-based gRPC services.
• Engineers will build core algorithms for scaling distributed ML and Data systems, as well as distributed scheduling systems on Kubernetes.
• The role involves creating simple, elegant APIs for ML Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Systems Administrators.
• Managing terabytes of data efficiently and securely is a key responsibility.
• High-performance Golang and Rust applications will be implemented to scale to millions of operations per second.
• Engineers will work directly with customers, the open-source community, and internal team members to deliver value across multiple organizations.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience is required.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 7+ years of experience building scalable, performant distributed services in any strongly-typed language.
• Proven discipline in checking in well-tested and well-documented code is essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary for seamless integration with a global team and the open-source community.
• Expertise in maintaining and debugging live software systems is required.
• Candidates should have the ability to identify tasks that require automation and carry out the automation process.
• High autonomy is expected; candidates should be able to make effective decisions in the absence of perfect information and oversight.

Benefits:

• Union pays 100% of medical premiums and 90% for dependents, offering excellent medical coverage.
• The company provides generous dental and vision plans, covering 90% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
• Employees receive meaningful equity in the form of options, making all employees owners of the company.
• The position includes unlimited time off plus 12 company holidays.
• Union offers a 401K match, matching 100% of contributions up to the first 3%, and 50% up to 5%.
• There is a provision for 16 weeks of paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers.
• A flexible work schedule is available at this remote-friendly company.