Senior Python Cloud Software Engineer

Role Overview:

As a Senior Cloud Software Engineer on McAfee’s AI Automation team, you will play a vital role in delivering cutting-edge threat-detection capabilities to hundreds of millions of customers worldwide. Leveraging McAfee’s rich data ecosystem, you will design and maintain Python-centric pipelines that automate every stage of the model lifecycle—from large-scale data preparation in Databricks to containerized inference on AWS EKS. Working closely with Data Scientists, you will enable high-frequency model retraining, validation, approval, and deployment that continuously strengthens our cybersecurity portfolio.

This is a Hybrid position based in Bangalore. You must be within a commutable distance from the location. You will be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis; when not working onsite, you will work remotely from your home location.

About the role:

• Develop and maintain scalable pipelines in Databricks , Python , PySpark and Kubeflow for ML model training, validation and approval.
• Design, build, and optimize Docker-based inference containers (Seldon Core and Ray Serve) offering high-throughput REST and gRPC endpoints for deployment on AWS EKS.
• Profile, benchmark and tune container performance (CPU/GPU utilization, memory footprint, cold-start latency) and implement regression tests to prevent performance drift.
• Build and own CI/CD workflows in GitHub Actions or Jenkins including automated unit/integration tests, security scans and artifact versioning.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists to design, validate, deploy, monitor and maintain production scale ML models.
• Build and maintain solutions on Databricks, AWS, EKS and Kubeflow , ensuring reliability, security, and scalability.

About you:

• You should have 7 to 9 years in software development, including 5 plus years in writing advanced Python (asyncio or multiprocessing, profiling, packaging).
• Deep knowledge of containerization, Docker image authoring, multi-stage builds, security hardening, ECR publishing and production deployments on Kubernetes/EKS.
• Strong grasp of networking protocols (HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, gRPC) and Python web frameworks (FastAPI, aiohttp, grpcio) for low-latency inference.
• Hands-on experience with core AWS services (EC2, S3, Cloud Watch, Lambda, RDS, IAM, etc.).
• Proven skill in performance analysis and debugging distributed systems; comfortable with profilers, flame graphs and async debugging tools.
• Proficiency in CI/CD (GitHub Actions or Jenkins) and automated testing frameworks.
• Bonus: Hands-on expertise with Databricks, PySpark and Delta tables; solid experience using MLflow tracking/registry.
• Bonus: Familiarity with additional IaC or observability tools (Terraform, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana).

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Company Overview

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Company Benefits and Perks:

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Bonus Program
• Pension and Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

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