Senior Open-Source Python Engineer, ML Developer Tools - US Remote

At Hugging Face, we're on a journey to democratize good AI.

You'll join the Applications team, whose goal is to build tooling that helps developers create machine learning applications on top of the primitives offered on the Hub: Gradio, Spaces, Inference Providers, Datasets, Xet, and more.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining core features across the team's libraries, ensuring scalability, reliability, and ease of use for ML developers.
• Architecting complex Python projects and frameworks that serve as foundational tools for the ML community.
• Growing early-stage libraries: defining the API surface, writing demos and documentation, and driving adoption in the developer community.
• Working on real-time streaming and networking capabilities, a core priority for Gradio 7 and beyond.
• Collaborating with open-source contributors and engaging with the broader community through code reviews, discussions, and support.
• Integrating modern frontend technologies to create seamless and intuitive user experiences for Python-based web applications.
• Adapting to evolving engineering challenges and contributing to the direction of our developer tools as the landscape changes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of professional Python development experience
• Experience architecting complex Python projects or frameworks
• A track record of taking early-stage libraries or products from first users to broad adoption
• Professional experience with JavaScript or TypeScript
• Professional experience with a modern frontend framework such as React or Svelte
• Experience core-contributing to or maintaining open-source software projects

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours and remote options
• Health, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Parental leave and flexible paid time off
• Company equity as part of the compensation package
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education