Staff Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer

Dyna Robotics Inc.; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of robotic manipulation as a Staff Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer. In this exciting role, you will design and maintain large-scale ML infrastructure, optimizing high-performance computing systems to accelerate model training. Collaborate with top-tier ML researchers and engineers to tackle complex challenges in distributed computing and resource management. This innovative firm offers a competitive salary, equity, and a vibrant work environment with daily catered meals and comprehensive health benefits. If you're passionate about scalable ML systems and cutting-edge technology, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

Daily catered lunches and dinner

Fully stocked kitchen

Professional growth and development

Equity in a seed-stage venture-backed startup

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software, 2+ years in a tech lead role.
• Experience with high-performance computing and distributed systems.
• Hands-on with job scheduling and cloud GPU environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale ML training pipelines.
• Manage high-performance computing resources and optimize distributed systems.
• Develop job scheduling systems for reliability and efficiency.

Skills

High-Performance Computing

Distributed Systems

Cloud GPU Management (GCP, AWS)

ML Model Tuning

Job Scheduling Systems

Parallel Processing

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in a Related Field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorRT

Triton

Kubernetes

Job description

Staff Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer

Company Overview:

Dyna Robotics is at the forefront of revolutionizing robotic manipulation with cutting-edge foundation models. Our mission is to empower businesses by automating repetitive, stationary tasks with affordable, intelligent robotic arms. Leveraging the latest advancements in foundation models, we're driving the future of general-purpose robotics—one manipulation skill at a time.

Dyna Robotics was founded by industry leaders who previously achieved a $350 million exit in grocery deep tech as well as top robotics researchers from DeepMind and Nvidia. Our team blends world-class research, engineering, and product innovation to drive the future of robotic manipulation. With $20mil+ in funding, we're positioned to redefine the landscape of robotic automation. Join us to shape the next frontier of AI-driven robotics.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer to join our team and help scale our ML training platform. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale ML infrastructure to accelerate model iteration and improve training performance across an expanding GPU ecosystem. You will work on cutting-edge high-performance computing systems, optimizing distributed training environments, and ensuring system reliability as we scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Design & Scalability:
• Architect and implement large-scale ML training pipelines that leverage parallel GPU processing on platforms like GCP or AWS.
• Enhance our existing infrastructure to fully exploit parallelism and design for future expansion, ensuring that our system is ready to support growth.
• High-Performance ML Computing & Distributed Systems:
• Manage and optimize high-performance computing resources.
• Develop robust distributed computing solutions, addressing challenges like race conditions, memory optimization, and resource allocation.
• Optimize model training with techniques like mixed precision, ZeRO, Lora, etc.
• Job Scheduling & Reliability:
• Design systems for job rescheduling, automated retries, and failure recovery to maximize uptime and training efficiency.
• Implement intelligent job queuing mechanisms to optimize training workloads and resource utilization.
• Evaluate and implement tradeoffs between different local and networked storage solutions to improve data throughput and access.
• Develop strategies for caching training data to optimize performance.
• Work closely with ML researchers and data scientists to understand training requirements and bottlenecks.
• Continuously monitor system performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement best practices to enhance scalability and reliability.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 7 years of professional experience in the software industry, with a minimum of 2 years in a tech lead role.
• Proven experience with high-performance computing environments and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated ability to scale ML training systems and optimize resource utilization.
• Hands-on experience with job scheduling systems and managing cloud GPU environments (GCP, AWS, etc.).
• Deep understanding of distributed computing concepts, including race conditions, memory optimization, and parallel processing.
• Hands-on experience in ML model tuning for performance.
• Experience with common ML training and inference tools including PyTorch, TensorRT, Triton, Accelerate, etc.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex system issues.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code frameworks.
• Competitive salary and equity in a seed-stage venture-backed startup
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Professional growth and development through training, mentorship, and challenging projects
• Daily catered lunches and dinner with a fully stocked kitchen

If you're passionate about building scalable ML systems and optimizing high-performance computing infrastructures, we'd love to hear from you.