Member of Technical Staff, Performance and Scale

Inferact

$200K — $400K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or a similar field.
  • Strong systems programming skills in Rust, Go, or C++.
  • Experience designing and building high-performance distributed systems at scale.
  • Understanding of network protocols and high-performance I/O.
  • Ability to debug complex distributed systems issues.
  • Preferred: Experience with ML serving infrastructure and disaggregated inference architecture.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with GPU programming models and memory hierarchies.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement foundational layers for distributed systems enabling global inference at scale.
  • Build infrastructure that allows seamless deployment of frontier models.
  • Ensure minimal latency and maximum reliability in serving models across accelerators.
  • Absorb complexity into the infrastructure to simplify overall system use.
  • Work collaboratively to improve system reliability and performance.

Benefits

  • Generous health, dental, and vision benefits.
  • 401(k) company match.
  • Flexible remote working options for exceptional candidates.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're looking for an infrastructure engineer to build the distributed systems that power inference at global scale. You'll design and implement the foundational layers that enable vLLM to serve models across thousands of accelerators with minimal latency and maximum reliability. Tomorrow, deploying a frontier model at scale should be as straightforward as spinning up a serverless database. The complexity doesn't disappear as it gets absorbed into the infrastructure you're building.

Skills and Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or similar.
  • Strong systems programming skills in Rust, Go, or C++.
  • Experience designing and building high-performance distributed systems at scale.
  • Understanding of network protocols and high-performance I/O.
  • Ability to debug complex distributed systems issues.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience with ML serving infrastructure and disaggregated inference architecture.
  • Familiarity with GPU programming models and memory hierarchies.
  • Knowledge of GPU interconnects (NVLink, InfiniBand, RoCE) and their performance characteristics.
  • Track record of improving system reliability and performance at scale.

Bonus points if you have:
  • Prior experience in supporting large-scale model training or inference environments.
Logistics
  • Location: This role is based in San Francisco, California. Will consider remote in the US for exceptional candidates.
  • Compensation: Depending on background, skills, and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $200,000 - $400,000 USD + equity.
  • Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas on a case-by-case basis.
  • Benefits: Inferact offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits as well as 401(k) company match.

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