Staff Engineer, Scalable AI Inference Infrastructure

Inferact; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous health, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) company match

Equity options

Job summary

A leading AI technology company located in San Francisco is seeking an infrastructure engineer to build distributed systems for their AI inference engine. The role involves designing systems that ensure minimal latency and maximum reliability. Candidates should have a strong background in systems programming (Rust, Go, C++) and experience with distributed systems. The compensation ranges from $200,000 to $400,000 USD annually, accompanied by benefits and possible visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science or engineering.
• Strong systems programming skills in Rust, Go, or C++.
• Experience with high-performance distributed systems.
• Understanding of network protocols and the ability to debug issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems that power inference at global scale.
• Enable vLLM to serve models across thousands of accelerators.
• Absorb complexity into the infrastructure being built.

Skills

Systems programming skills in Rust, Go, or C++

Designing and building high-performance distributed systems

Understanding of network protocols and high-performance I/O

Ability to debug complex distributed systems issues

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or similar

Tools

GPU programming models

NVLink

InfiniBand

RoCE

Job description

A leading AI technology company located in San Francisco is seeking an infrastructure engineer to build distributed systems for their AI inference engine. The role involves designing systems that ensure minimal latency and maximum reliability. Candidates should have a strong background in systems programming (Rust, Go, C++) and experience with distributed systems. The compensation ranges from $200,000 to $400,000 USD annually, accompanied by benefits and possible visa sponsorship.