Backend Engineer

About RealAvatar:At RealAvatar we build verified AI Avatars in partnership with Public Figures. We are the Verified Avatar choice in a world of deepfakes poorly trained chatbots. Founded by Andrew Ng and his fund AI Fund, and led by Jeff Daniel, RealAvatar is developing quickly in this fast-paced space. Whereas 1st gen chatbot makers like Character.AI and Chai build text/audio chatbots with no visual avatar, RealAvatar builds Visual/Audio/Text Avatars for real-time conversations.ResponsibilitiesLead the development and improvement of a multimodal Python pipeline that involves audio, video, and text generation in a low-latency, streaming regime.Partner with technical (ML/AI) and product stakeholders to design an effective platform.Design, optimization, and management of SQL databases (such as PostgreSQL) and vector datastores (such as Pinecone).Design and implement necessary pipeline components to enable new use cases.RequirementsMinimum of 5 years of work experience in backend engineering.Expertise in Python demonstrated by implementing multiple production-grade projects in frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.Experience with designing, deploying or implementing a machine learning pipeline that was used by a large number of users.Experience with cloud computing (GCP or AWS), Postgres, and data engineering.Formal training in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline (Bachelor’s or Master’s).You Should BeEager to move fast and thrive in a dynamic startup environment and achieve excellence with minimal supervision.Be able to deliver high-quality results with a keen eye for detail.Collaborative and willing to support others and enhance the collective team performance.Have strong verbal and written communication skills and able to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.Excited to automate things, including testing and verification of your work.Originally posted on Himalayas

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