Member of Technical Staff, ML Systems

Role details

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an AI/ML systems team building high-performance training and inference infrastructure for image, video, and world-model workloads. You will improve efficiency across GPU kernels, distributed execution, and multi-node training and serving. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Optimize system and GPU performance for training and inference workloads. - Profile and remove bottlenecks at the kernel, memory, system, and cluster levels using Nsight and related tools. - Implement low-level optimizations with CUDA and Triton. - Design and improve distributed training and inference engines for diffusion models. - Improve communication performance across GPUs and nodes using NCCL, RDMA, InfiniBand, RoCE, and disaggregated serving. - Build benchmarking and regression harnesses to sustain performance gains in production. - Develop hardware-aware co-design across kernels, runtimes, and models. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 2 years of experience in deep learning training or inference systems, distributed systems, or related ML systems work. - At least 1 year of hands-on ML systems or GPU performance experience in a full-time role. - Experience authoring core features in an inference or training framework, such as vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, or Megatron. - Direct NVIDIA GPU kernel development experience using CUDA, CUTLASS, Triton, or PTX, including writing kernels. - Experience optimizing inference or training performance across GPU kernels, runtimes, or distributed execution. - Strong machine learning and computer science fundamentals, with a degree in computer science or a related quantitative field. - Experience with PyTorch, Nsight, NCCL, and RDMA is relevant; experience optimizing diffusion, video, image, or other multimodal workloads is valuable. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary is $180,000 to $260,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in Menlo Park, California, United States.