Staff Software Engineer, Inference

• 8–12+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud platforms
• Proven experience leading cross-team technical initiatives impacting multiple services or organizations
• Strong programming skills in Go, Python, or C++
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes at production scale, including orchestration, scheduling, and service design
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, and performance optimization
• Experience designing and operating low-latency, high-throughput systems with strict P95/P99 latency requirements
• Hands-on experience with inference systems, including batching or micro-batching strategies, caching, and memory optimization
• Experience improving system performance using metrics-driven approaches (e.g., latency, throughput, utilization)
• Familiarity with mixed precision (BF16, FP8) and streaming inference workloads

• Experience with inference frameworks such as vLLM, Triton, TensorRT-LLM, Ray Serve, or TorchServe
• Experience with GPU systems and performance optimization (CUDA, NCCL, RDMA, NUMA, GPU interconnects)
• Experience leading multi-team or org-level technical initiatives
• Exposure to large-scale AI/ML infrastructure or hyperscale cloud environments

While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration.

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