About the role

Senior/Staff Software Engineer leading OpenMined’s open-source federated AI infrastructure. Building fusion-model benchmarking tools, distributed systems, and production engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Own the ScreamingFace squad technical architecture end to end across design, engineering, and deployment
Build the internet's first leaderboard for fusion models and the open toolkit supporting benchmark evaluations
Deliver reliable technical capabilities and user experience from current implementation through product roadmap evolution
Drive production readiness through deployment monitoring, error handling, graceful degradation, and operational runbooks
Establish and mentor engineering best practices for modularity, security, reliability, scalability, code quality, and production delivery
Collaborate on core technology stack strategy through architectural review and identification of shared organizational primitives
Define standard interfaces that prevent tight coupling
Partner with the product lead to develop and execute realistic, scalable, and architecturally sound roadmaps
Own delivery of engineering quarterly goals and manage resources effectively
Own team output, delivery, productivity, timeliness, morale, and success
Champion high-quality software delivery through tools, processes, methodologies, individual development contributions, and code reviews
Create technical documentation and processes supporting high velocity and knowledge transfer
Work closely with Kevin McDonough, Head of Engineering

8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of personally building, shipping, and operating production systems at meaningful scale
Hands-on experience building production software with AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) and helping a team manage their agentic workflows
Strong Python (3.12+) proficiency, including FastAPI services, async orchestration of concurrent model calls, typed SDK design and packaging, parsers, ASTs, and DAG execution
Distributed systems and API design experience, including design and evolution of interfaces consumed by multiple independent teams
Technical leadership experience introducing engineering quality practices such as code review, testing, and CI/CD
Experience mentoring or managing at least 2 engineers
Comfort with ambiguity and resource constraints
Commitment, accountability, and ownership
Strong written communication and ability to build high-trust working relationships across a 6hr+ time zone spread
Cross-functional collaboration and communication with engineering and non-engineering stakeholders
Practical RAG and information retrieval experience with vector databases, retrieval pipelines, embedding strategies, and aggregation (preferred)
Vue 3 / TypeScript, Rust / Tauri, or cross-platform desktop app experience (preferred)
Networking/P2P application experience (preferred)

Mission-Driven Work: Be part of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, focused on social impact rather than profit, offering the chance to make a meaningful difference in the world.
Open Source Contribution: Make a real impact by contributing to an Open Source project that benefits a broad community.
Collaborative Global Team: Join a dynamic, international team that values collaboration and diversity.
Flexible Work Hours: Enjoy the autonomy to structure your work hours around what best fits your life and productivity.
Fully Remote Work: Work remotely within the location requirements for this role.