Set engineering standards for performance-critical code, conduct rigorous peer reviews, guide testing and benchmarking strategies, and leverage AI-assisted development tools to maintain high code quality, reliability, and maintainability.
Contribute to and maintain upstream open-source ML infrastructure vLLM, including reviewing pull requests, triaging issues, participating in design discussions, and supporting release readiness.
Stay at the forefront of LLM systems research and GPU computing advancements, proactively identifying opportunities to improve the product through emerging techniques in serving efficiency, hardware utilization, and model acceleration.
What You Will Bring
Master's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or related role OR Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related role.
Must have three (3) years of experience with: high-performance Python and Modern C++ development; performance analysis, benchmarking, and profiling on NVIDIA GPUs using Nsight or similar tools; and GPU memory architecture and memory optimization for deep learning workloads.
Must have two (2) years of experience with: making open-source pull requests to PyTorch or vLLM; CUDA, Triton, or CUTLASS kernel optimization; LLM inference optimization, including quantization, KV cache or batching; distributed computing including inter and intra GPU communication protocols; and leading technical design, reviewing performance-critical code.
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The salary range for this position is $186,160 - $287,410/year. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.
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