Pulse

Software Engineer, Inference

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1 year ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$150k - $230k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build inference services with smart batching and caching.
  • Optimize kernels, tokenization, and model graphs.
  • Evaluate tradeoffs among vLLM, TensorRT LLM, and Triton.
  • Implement autoscaling and admission control with clear SLOs.
  • Own performance dashboards and capacity planning.
  • Specialize in low-latency, high-throughput inference for OCR and multimodal models across single-tenant and multi-tenant environments.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience in performance engineering or ML systems.
  • Strong Python skills.
  • C++ or CUDA exposure.
  • Experience with GPU profiling and model serving.
  • Experience reducing p95 latency and cost in production ML systems is preferred.

Benefits

  • Five days per week in the San Francisco office.
  • Competitive base salary plus equity and a performance-based bonus.
  • Relocation assistance for Bay Area moves.
  • Daily meal stipend.
  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.

Tech Stack

Pulse

About Pulse

51-200 employees

UOW Pulse Ltd. is a not-for-profit that delivers student services and campus operations for the University of Wollongong. It operates UniActive (fitness), UniBar and campus dining, UniShop and Village Grocer (retail), KidsUni (childcare), events and clubs, and manages campus tenancies, funded by memberships and commercial revenue reinvested into student life. Founded in 1977, it is headquartered in Gwynneville, NSW.

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