Software Engineer - Dedicated Inference

Baseten; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.

100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Generous PTO policy including Winter Break.

Paid parental leave.

Company-facilitated 401(k)

Exposure to a variety of ML startups.

Job summary

A leading AI infrastructure company in San Francisco seeks a Software Engineer to build and maintain the core product for ML model deployment. The role involves implementing features, designing user-focused APIs, and troubleshooting issues. Candidates should possess a degree in Computer Science and 1-3 years of experience in software engineering, with a strong interest in ML/AI infrastructure. The position offers competitive compensation, comprehensive health insurance, and a generous PTO policy.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience in software engineering or infrastructure.
• Good taste in product, particularly developer-oriented tools.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Implement new features and products for the team.
• Design ergonomic APIs and abstractions to solve customer problems.
• Fix bugs and resolve customer issues with urgency.
• Work closely with product teams to develop and drive new product ideas.

Skills

Proficient coding abilities in one or more popular programming or scripting languages

Collaboration and communication skills

Familiarity with web applications & databases

Interest in ML/AI infrastructure

Education

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

Tools

Python

Go

Javascript

Job description

About Baseten

Baseten powers mission‑critical inference for the world’s most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting‑edge models into production. We’re growing quickly and recently raised our $300M Series E, backed by investors including BOND, IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, and Conviction. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

As a Software Engineer on the Core Product team at Baseten, you’ll be building and maintaining the core Baseten product, enabling users to deploy and get value from ML models as easily as possible. As a developer-oriented product, we have a massive surface area, including all of our CLI tools, REST APIs, and the web application. The Core Product team is at the forefront of all new product development at the company.

EXAMPLE INITIATIVES

• Chains for multi-component workflows
• Asynchronous inference
• Model APIs for frontier models
• Model training built for production inference

Responsibilities

• Implement new features and products for the team
• Design ergonomic APIs and abstractions to solve customer problems
• Fix bugs and resolve customer issues with urgency
• Work across the stack — regardless of where you start, you’ll end up touching both React Components and Kubernetes Pods
• Work closely with the product and forward deployed engineering teams to develop and drive new product ideas

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
• 1-3 years experience in software engineering or infrastructure
• Proficient coding abilities in one or more popular programming or scripting languages; Python, Go, or Javascript proficiency is a plus
• Familiarity with web applications & databases
• Good taste in product, particularly developer-oriented tools
• Interest in ML/AI infrastructure and willingness to learn
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Generous PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day!)
• Paid parental leave
• Company-facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now

Embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

Compensation Range: $185K - $250K