Remote Senior AI/ML Engineer: SLM Optimization & Inference

CNX; Nebraska; Remote; USD 145,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid learning days

Job summary

Concentrix is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to fine-tune, optimize, and deploy Small Language Models with a focus on Alibaba Qwen for production-ready inference.

You will improve model quality, latency, throughput, and GPU efficiency while building real-time audio intelligence pipelines and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable ML systems. This role is remote in the USA/NE region.

Qualifications

• Fine-tune and optimize Small Language Models, especially Alibaba Qwen models, for domain-specific use cases.
• Improve model precision, latency, throughput, and GPU efficiency for production-scale inference.
• Develop real-time audio intelligence pipelines with low-latency processing.
• Collaborate with engineering and data teams to optimize end-to-end ML systems.

Responsibilities

• Fine-tune and optimize Small Language Models, particularly Alibaba Qwen models, for domain-specific use cases.
• Improve model performance across key metrics, including accuracy, precision, recall, latency, and inference throughput.
• Optimize model serving using vLLM, SGLang, or similar high-performance inference engines.
• Develop, enhance, and optimize real-time audio intelligence pipelines for low-latency processing.
• Benchmark, profile, and tune models for production-scale deployment.
• Collaborate with engineering and data teams to evaluate model behavior, identify bottlenecks, and improve end-to-end ML system performance.
• Build reliable, scalable ML workflows that support high-throughput, low-latency AI applications.
• Apply senior-level technical judgment to balance model quality, infrastructure efficiency, and production performance requirements.

Skills

PyTorch

Hugging Face Transformers

LoRA

QLoRA

PEFT

vLLM

SGLang

Python

Real-time audio AI

ASR / audio classification

Tools

vLLM

SGLang

Job description

Concentrix is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to fine-tune, optimize, and deploy Small Language Models with a focus on Alibaba Qwen for production-ready inference.

You will improve model quality, latency, throughput, and GPU efficiency while building real-time audio intelligence pipelines and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable ML systems. This role is remote in the USA/NE region.