Remote ML Research Engineer — Inference & GPU Kernel Expert

AfterQuery; Draper (UT); Remote; USD 158,000 - 215,000; Part time

Job summary

AfterQuery is building a research cohort focused on ML inference and GPU kernel engineering, spanning inference serving systems to deployment infrastructure. This is research-and-evaluation work, not production engineering, defining what is considered correct and excellent for problems you know deeply.

Responsibilities include designing realistic scenarios, authoring reference solutions and rubrics, and evaluating AI outputs for depth and domain judgment.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of ML research experience.
• PhD/Doctorate or Master’s with strong research record.
• Hands-on, not purely academic-adjacent.
• Excellent written communication.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic technical scenarios and problem sets within your track.
• Author expert-level reference solutions and grading rubrics.
• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, depth, and domain judgement.

Skills

ML inference

GPU kernel engineering

research communication

remote work

Education

PhD/Doctorate or Master's with strong research record

Tools

SGLang

vLLM

Mamba2

TensorRT-LLM

Job description

AfterQuery is building a research cohort focused on ML inference and GPU kernel engineering, spanning inference serving systems to deployment infrastructure. This is research-and-evaluation work, not production engineering, defining what is considered correct and excellent for problems you know deeply.

Responsibilities include designing realistic scenarios, authoring reference solutions and rubrics, and evaluating AI outputs for depth and domain judgment.