[Remote] Software Engineer III, ML

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RxBenefits, Inc. is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Software Engineer III) to join their application development team at the Birmingham, AL headquarters. The role involves designing and building data pipelines, streaming infrastructure, and machine learning systems to support the company's growth, while also championing modern data engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and build real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure using Apache Flink and related technologies
• Develop and maintain stateful processing layers for fast, reliable data enrichment
• Design and build backend services in Golang, Java, or Python that process data reliably at scale
• Build, train, and deploy traditional ML models to surface insights and power data-driven features, owning the workflow from feature engineering through production monitoring
• Build scalable services that integrate ML model inference, feature stores, and real-time scoring into production workflows
• Build tooling and infrastructure for data quality, validation, and pipeline observability
• Implement monitoring and observability for data pipelines and ML models, including data quality metrics and drift detection
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for reliability, security, compliance, and observability
• Partner with product and data teams to translate business problems into ML and data engineering solutions
• Participate in architectural design and recommend technical solutions
• Review and collaborate with other engineers on their code
• Mentor and share knowledge within the team and across the department

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or another related field
• 6-8 years of professional experience in software development
• Strong proficiency in one or more of the following backend languages: Golang, Java, or Python
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, microservices, and distributed systems
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and performance optimization
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases and their performance characteristics
• Hands-on experience (1-3 years) building and evaluating traditional ML models (XGBoost, Random Forests, Logistic Regression) in production environments
• Familiarity with the end-to-end ML workflow including feature engineering, model selection, training, evaluation, and production monitoring
• Experience handling sensitive data (PII/PHI) in data pipelines, including masking, redaction, or de-identification
• Experience building and deploying services on AWS
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Effective working independently or collaboratively within a team
• Ability to think strategically and execute with urgency
• Experience building high-throughput data pipelines at scale using Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, or similar frameworks
• Experience evaluating ML model performance in production, including data drift and model degradation
• Proficiency in AWS services: Sagemaker, Bedrock, MSK, Glue, EMR, DynamoDB, EC2, Lambda, S3, and IAM
• RocksDB or similar embedded storage engines
• Caching and in-memory database technologies
• Asynchronous/multi-threaded programming patterns
• Experience working in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, insurance)
• Knowledge of governance frameworks around data privacy (HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR, etc.)
• Frontend development with NextJS or React

Benefits

• Remote first work environmen
• Choice of a HDHP or PPO Medical plan, we pay 100% of the premium for the HDHP for you and your eligible family member
• Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability, and Group Life Insurance that we also pay 100% of premiums (for your family too on Dental and Vision
• Additional buy-up options for Short- and Long-Term Disability and Life Insuranc
• 401(k) with an employer match up to 3.5% available after 60 day
• Community Service Day to give back and support what you love in your communit
• 10 company holidays including MLK Day, Juneteenth, and the day after Thanksgiving plus a floating holiday to use as you lik
• Reimbursements for high-speed internet, we’ll send you a computer and monitors to help you do your best wor
• Tuition Reimbursement for accredited degree program
• Paid New Parent Leave that can be used for adoption or birt
• Pet insurance to protect your furbabie
• A robust mental health benefit and EAP service through Spring Health to support you when you need it mos

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