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# Senior Staff Software Engineer, Host Pricing & Settings

- **Company:** The Ladders
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Airflow, Architectural Patterns, Code Review, Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), Scala (Programming Language), Feature Engineering, Apache Spark, Backend, Kotlin, Apache Kafka, Machine Learning Operations, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p8u7x26kcj

## About the Role

* 12+ years in backend or platform engineering
 * Strong programming skills in Java, Kotlin, Scala, and/or Python
 * Deep understanding of ML systems design
 * Experience with high-scale data pipelines like Spark, Airflow, Kafka
 * Expertise in architectural patterns of large applications
 * Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives

## Description

* Define architecture for model transitions from development to production
 * Lead the buildout of a unified ML serving stack
 * Architect backfill and evaluation infrastructure
 * Establish domain contracts between Modeling and Serving
 * Review and evolve ML serving architecture
 * Write and review code for feature engineering jobs
 * Drive milestone planning across the organization


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