AI Performance Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies; Naperville (IL); Remote; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an AI Performance Engineer for a 100% remote role in the U.S. The position focuses on maximizing throughput, minimizing latency, and reducing cost across training and inference workloads for large neural networks.

You will work across the stack—from kernel optimization to distributed system tuning—and mentor junior engineers. Ideal candidates demonstrate impact on production AI workloads with strong instrumentation, data-driven optimization, and clear

Qualifications

• Six+ years in performance engineering, ML systems, or HPC.
• Strong Python and C++ programming skills.
• Experience optimizing DL workloads on modern GPUs and profiling.

Responsibilities

• Maximize throughput, minimize latency, and reduce cost across training and inference for large neural networks.
• Work across the full stack from kernel optimization to distributed system tuning.
• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and operations to translate requirements into engineered solutions; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Python

C++

GPU optimization

Distributed training

Profiling tools

Memory hierarchy

Debugging

Collaboration

Education

BSc or MSc in CS/CE

Tools

Triton

CUTLASS

TensorRT

DeepSpeed

Job description

AI Performance Engineer – Remote

Job Title: AI Performance Engineer

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)

Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2

Salary Range: $75,000–$100,000 Annually

Experience Required: 6+ years

Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Job Summary

We are seeking an AI Performance Engineer to focus on extracting maximum throughput, minimizing latency, and reducing cost across training and inference workloads for large neural network systems. The role spans the full stack from low-level kernel optimization to distributed system tuning, requiring deep understanding of GPU architecture, model parallelism, memory management, and compiler-level optimization. The ideal candidate has demonstrated impact on production AI workloads, with strong instrumentation and measurement discipline that enables rigorous, data-driven optimization decisions. In this role you will work closely with cross-functional partners — product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders — to translate ambiguous requirements into well-engineered solutions, and will be expected to raise the bar through code review, design review, and mentorship of more junior engineers. The successful candidate brings strong engineering discipline, a clear communication style, and a track record of shipping meaningful work that holds up well in production.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Six or more years of experience in performance engineering, ML systems, or HPC.
• Strong proficiency in Python and C++.
• Hands-on experience optimizing deep learning workloads on modern GPUs.
• Deep understanding of distributed training and inference techniques.
• Experience with profiling tools across CPU, GPU, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with model compression techniques and their accuracy implications.
• Strong grasp of memory hierarchies, communication primitives, and parallelism strategies.
• Excellent measurement, debugging, and analytical reasoning skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience optimizing LLM inference at production scale.
• Contributions to vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, DeepSpeed, or similar projects.
• Familiarity with custom kernel authoring in Triton or CUTLASS.
• Experience with FinOps for AI workloads.
• Publications or talks on AI systems performance.

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.

BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.