Model Serving Engineer

NEPSE Trading; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Model Serving Engineer to design and operate high-performance inference platforms for production ML models. This remote role focuses on scalable serving systems and end-to-end observability.

You will work on routing, batching, caching, autoscaling, and GPU utilization, with emphasis on latency, throughput, and cost efficiency. 7+ years of distributed systems experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in distributed systems, infrastructure, or ML platform engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python and at least one systems language (Go, Rust, or C++).
• Deep experience operating high-throughput, low-latency services in production.
• Hands-on experience with LLM or large model inference frameworks such as vLLM or TensorRT-LLM.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture and accelerator utilization.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, autoscaling, and cloud platforms.
• Experience with observability stacks (metrics, tracing, logging).
• Solid grounding in performance engineering and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate high-performance inference platforms for serving ML models.
• Focus on systems engineering aspects of AI deployment including routing, batching, and caching.
• Implement autoscaling, GPU utilization optimization, and end-to-end observability.
• Collaborate across teams to balance latency, throughput, and cost.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

C++

Distributed systems

LLM inference frameworks

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Observability

Performance engineering

GPU utilization

Auto-scaling

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

vLLM

TensorRT-LLM

Prometheus

Jaeger

Job description

Model Serving Engineer – Remote

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Job Title: Model Serving Engineer Location: 100% Remote (U.S.) Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2 Salary Range: $74,000–$98,000 Annually Experience Required: 7+ 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 a Model Serving Engineer to design, build, and operate high-performance, highly reliable inference platforms for serving large machine learning models in production. The role focuses on the systems engineering side of AI deployment, including request routing, batching, caching, autoscaling, GPU utilization, and end-to-end observability across diverse model workloads. The ideal candidate brings strong distributed systems and performance engineering expertise, has shipped serving systems at scale, and understands the trade-offs between latency, throughput, cost, and quality in ML serving.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Six or more years of experience in distributed systems, infrastructure, or ML platform engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python and a systems language such as Go, Rust, or C++.
• Deep experience operating high-throughput, low-latency services in production.
• Hands-on experience with LLM or large model inference frameworks such as vLLM or TensorRT-LLM.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture, memory hierarchies, and accelerator utilization.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, autoscaling, and modern cloud platforms.
• Experience with observability stacks including metrics, tracing, and structured logging.
• Solid grounding in performance engineering and capacity planning.
• Strong communication and incident response skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Open-source contributions to model serving infrastructure.
• Experience with multi-region or globally distributed AI serving.
• Familiarity with model quantization, distillation, and compression techniques.
• Exposure to FinOps for AI workloads and cost-efficient serving design.
• Experience supporting external-facing AI APIs at scale.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.