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Washington DC
October 25, 2026
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Job Description

Software Engineer – Data Pipelines / ML Infrastructure

Location: Redmond, WA

Schedule: On-site 5 days/week

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Experience: 5+ years required

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required

Position Overview

Looking for a Software Engineer to build and support the data pipelines that move large amounts of device-generated data into internal systems for machine learning and annotation workflows .

This person will work with infrastructure engineers and Data Strategy TPMs to automate how data is ingested, processed, validated, and prepared for annotation/ML use .

The biggest thing the manager needs is someone who is strong in Python + SQL and has actually built or automated multi-stage data pipelines . They should be comfortable jumping into unfamiliar systems and working across different technologies.

What They'll Be Doing

  • Build and automate multi-stage data pipelines using Python and SQL.
  • Support data ingestion from multiple devices and sources into centralized infrastructure.
  • Develop automation around ML data and data annotation pipelines .
  • Build processes to validate data and ensure it moves correctly through the pipeline .
  • Troubleshoot pipeline and ingestion issues across different systems.
  • Work closely with infrastructure engineers and Data Strategy TPMs.
  • Learn and work within Meta's internal tools, languages, configuration systems, and codebases.
  • Make architectural tradeoffs to quickly deliver working software solutions in an AR/VR R&D environment.

Must-Haves

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  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong Python
  • Strong SQL
  • Hands-on experience building or automating multi-stage data pipelines
  • Experience working with data ingestion / data processing workflows
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • Comfortable learning unfamiliar systems, languages, and internal tools
  • Able to work on-site in Redmond 5 days/week

Strongly Preferred

  • Experience with machine learning data pipelines
  • Experience with data annotation pipelines or annotation systems
  • Data validation experience
  • Experience handling data coming from multiple devices or sources
  • Automation-focused engineering background

Nice-to-Haves

  • PHP
  • React
  • JavaScript
  • HTML5 / CSS

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