Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Apartment List is a company focused on connecting renters with homes through technology. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work on the Marketplace team, contributing to full-stack product engineering and machine learning operations to enhance their systems for matching renters to homes.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-stack features across our marketplace products, including search, ranking, and renter-facing UI
• Support and extend ML Ops infrastructure—including model deployment pipelines, feature stores, and monitoring—primarily on Chalk and Vertex AI
• Collaborate with data scientists to bring models into production reliably and at scale
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate actively in code reviews
• Contribute to technical planning and help break down complex problems into well-scoped, executable work
• Identify and address performance, reliability, and scalability issues in existing systems
• Communicate progress clearly and surface blockers early

Skills

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful work in backend or full-stack development
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (We use Ruby/Javascript, Go, Python)
• Exposure to ML concepts and an interest in working at the boundary of software engineering and machine learning—you don't need to be a data scientist, but you should be comfortable in that world
• Experience with a balanced approach using AI tools – improving workflows, reducing feedback loops
• Experience working in cloud environments (GCP preferred; AWS or Azure also considered)
• Excellent communication skills as well as debugging instincts with an ownership mindset
• Ability to collaborate effectively across time zones and with cross-functional partners
• Mentorship experience for other engineers
• Hands-on experience with ML Ops tooling—Vertex AI, MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar
• Familiarity with feature pipelines, model deployment, or A/B experimentation infrastructure
• Experience with search or recommendation systems
• Experience working in an online marketplace

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