Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer
SambaNova Systems2 months ago
Base Salary
$220k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and drive technical strategy for ML model development, training pipelines, and inference systems on SambaNova’s RDU and broader hardware ecosystem.
- Lead hardware-software co-design with compiler, systems, and hardware teams to shape scalable architectural decisions.
- Identify, evaluate, and champion advanced ML techniques such as speculative decoding, reinforcement learning, mixture-of-experts, and long-context modeling.
- Serve as the senior technical voice in design reviews, architectural decisions, and cross-functional planning.
- Mentor and develop principal and senior ML engineers through collaboration, design feedback, and knowledge transfer.
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate ML capabilities into scalable solutions for SambaStack and SambaCloud.
- Resolve complex and ambiguous technical challenges spanning organizational boundaries and requiring novel approaches.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is required; an MS or PhD is strongly preferred.
- 8+ years of industry experience in machine learning engineering, with technical leadership on large-scale or novel ML systems.
- Deep expertise in LLM training, fine-tuning, inference optimization, and evaluation at scale.
- Strong knowledge of ML algorithms, deep learning architectures, and modern training methodologies.
- Ability to lead and align cross-functional technical efforts, mentor senior engineers, and influence organizational direction without direct management authority.
- Track record of independently scoping and delivering high-complexity, high-ambiguity technical projects.
Benefits
- US-based full-time employees receive equity and benefits.
- Medical insurance premium coverage is 95% for employees and 77% for dependents, with an employer-contributed Health Savings Account.
- Dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, basic and voluntary life, AD&D, and Flexible Spending Account plans are offered.
- Well-being benefits include Headspace, Gympass+ with access to physical gyms, One Medical, counseling services, and an Employee Assistance Program.
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About SambaNova Systems
SambaNova Systems builds full-stack AI infrastructure—custom accelerator chips, systems, and foundation models—delivered as on-prem appliances and cloud APIs for enterprises, governments, and data centers. Its offerings include the SambaNova Suite, Samba Cloud, and on-prem SambaStack, powered by its Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU) architecture, including the SN40L chip. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company is privately held.