AI Inference Engineer
Perplexityai
Apply to this jobPerplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. Perplexity has raised over $1B in venture investment from some of the world’s most visionary and successful leaders, including Elad Gil, Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Accel, IVP, NEA, NVIDIA, Samsung, and many more. Our objective is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that powers decision-making for people and assistive AI wherever decisions are being made. Throughout human history, change and innovation have always been driven by curious people. Today, curious people use Perplexity to answer more than 780 million queries every month–a number that’s growing rapidly for one simple reason: everyone can be curious.
We are looking for an AI Inference engineer to join our growing team. Our current stack is Python, Rust, C++, PyTorch, Triton, CUDA, Kubernetes. You will have the opportunity to work on large-scale deployment of machine learning models for real-time inference.
Responsibilities
- Develop APIs for AI inference that will be used by both internal and external customers
- Benchmark and address bottlenecks throughout our inference stack
- Improve the reliability and observability of our systems and respond to system outages
- Explore novel research and implement LLM inference optimizations
Qualifications
- Experience with ML systems and deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX)
- Familiarity with common LLM architectures and inference optimization techniques (e.g. continuous batching, quantization, etc.)
- Understanding of GPU architectures or experience with GPU kernel programming using CUDA
The cash compensation range for this role is $190,000 - $250,000.
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.
Summary
Develop APIs for AI inference and optimize machine learning models.
Job title
AI Inference Engineer
Experience level
3+ years
Industry
software
Location requirements
New York City, Palo Alto, San Francisco; remote work not allowed
Salary
$190,000 - $250,000
Visa sponsorship
H-1B sponsor history
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
New York, NY, USA
Palo Alto, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA