Senior Software Engineer - Java / Kotlin

Company: Inworld AI
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: August 6, 2022

Job Description:

Inworld AI provides a developer platform for creating AI-powered intelligent virtual characters to populate immersive realities, including the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds. We are a team of experts that have pioneered conversational AI platforms and generative models at Google and DeepMind. Building truly intelligent virtual characters is challenging, and it takes a great deal of specialization. Our aim at Inworld AI is to perform the required heavy lifting. We want to enable partners and creators to leverage our platform to build and deploy virtual characters for a variety of use cases. Inworld AI is funded by Meta, Microsoft's venture fund M12, Bitkraft, Kleiner Perkins, CRV, and angels including founders of Oculus, Twitch, Riot Games, the Sandbox, Animoca Brands, and many more.
We are building our core technology team and are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer.
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of professional experience with Java and/or Kotlin
• Expertise in SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience in Kubernetes
• Practical knowledge of cloud platforms: Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or AWS
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing high-load distributed systems
• Strong fundamentals in the data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and object-oriented programming
  Preferred Qualifications
  • 5+ years of professional experience with Java and/or Kotlin
  • Experience in building ML systems and/or development platforms
  • Experience in leading small teams
    Responsibilities
    • Building from scratch or in the early phase: high-load distributed systems, high-quality APIs, ML inference, and training infrastructure
    • Contributing to the product design and roadmap
    • Prototyping new ideas and features
      About the jobInworld AI's software engineers develop key technologies in the intersection of AI, machine learning, and metaverse/XR-worlds. We define how billions of users are going to interact with each other and with virtual worlds in the near future. In Inworld AI we are solving open-ended complex problems which no one could solve before. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and interaction design. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

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