Baseten

Software Engineer - Model Performance

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over 2 years ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$180k - $360k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Implement, refine, and productionize ML inference techniques including quantization, speculative decoding, KV cache reuse, chunked prefill, and LoRA
  • Debug ML performance issues by analyzing TensorRT, PyTorch, TensorRT-LLM, vLLM, SGLang, CUDA, and other codebases
  • Apply and scale optimization techniques across a wide range of ML models, especially large language models
  • Collaborate with a diverse team to design and implement innovative solutions
  • Own projects from idea through production

Requirements

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Experience with a general-purpose programming language such as Python or C++
  • Familiarity with LLM optimization techniques including quantization, speculative decoding, and continuous batching
  • Strong familiarity with ML libraries, especially PyTorch, TensorRT, or TensorRT-LLM
  • Demonstrated interest and experience in LLMs
  • Deep understanding of GPU architecture
  • Proficiency enhancing software-system performance, particularly for large language models, is preferred
  • Experience with CUDA or similar technologies is preferred
  • Deep understanding of software engineering principles and a proven track record developing and deploying AI/ML inference solutions is preferred
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation including meaningful equity
  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
  • Flexible paid time off, including a company-wide Winter Break from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day
  • Paid parental leave
  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
  • Company-facilitated 401(k)
  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups and learning and networking opportunities
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About Baseten

201-500 employees

Inference is everything. Baseten is an AI infrastructure platform giving you the tooling, expertise, and hardware needed to bring great AI products to market - fast. Our proprietary Inference Stack utilizes the cutting-edge of performance research combined with highly performant and reliable infrastructure to give you out-of-the-box global availability with 99.99% of uptime.