ML Infrastructure Engineer

AppLovin
Palo Alto, CAPosted 24 February 2026

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><h3><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About AppLovin</strong></span></h3> <p>AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end software and AI solutions for businesses to reach, monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin, visit: <a href="http://www.applovin.com/">www.applovin.com</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.</span></p> <p>Fortune recognizes AppLovin as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area, and the company has been a Certified Great Place to Work for the last four years (2021-2024). Check out the rest of our awards <a href="https://www.applovin.com/jobs/">HERE</a>.</p></div><h2><span style="color: #1d1c1d;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>A Day in the Life</strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></h2> <p><span style="color: #1d1c1d;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a member of our software engineering infra team, you'll solve technical challenges, including upgrading and implementing state-of-the-art software infrastructure. The team builds a high-performance, high availability, globally distributed ecosystem platform of services that in turn provide the foundation for rapid development of novel new systems that integrate into that ecosystem and improve it.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our infra team is responsible for providing and maintaining scalable infrastructure with high throughput and low latency to our bidding ecosystem. You will be exposed to the whole pipeline of model delivery, including training, serving, and optimizations, etc.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #1d1c1d;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The Impact You'll Make</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: !important;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with various engineering teams to meet a wide range of technological challenges</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Work closely with our research science team and backend team to contribute and influence the roadmap of our products and technologies</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Influence and inspire team members</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Speed up the performance of our online models</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Optimize the model delivery pipeline</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #1d1c1d;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br><br></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Who You Are</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: !important;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Have 0-2 years of experience and a minimum of a BS and/or MS in Computer Science</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Have excellent knowledge of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and coding</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;">Good experience with C++, Pyth ... (truncated, view full listing at source)