Software Engineer - Inference Performance
Baseten · San Francisco · Toronto · New York · Montreal · Seattle
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Infrastructureremote$180k–$360k
At a glance
Highlights
- Make demanding AI workloads run faster across inference engine and runtime.
- Turn latency wins into cost savings with higher tokens per GPU-hour.
- Bring up new model architectures on new hardware within release week.
What they offer
- Meaningful equity (U.S. only)
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
- Flexible PTO including Winter Break closure
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot (U.S. only)
- Company-facilitated 401(k)
Ideal candidate
First-principles performance thinker who thrives in fast-paced startups and obsesses over making demanding LLM workloads faster and more efficient in production.
Requirements
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
- Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages, such as Python or C++
- Familiarity with LLM optimization techniques (e.g., quantization, speculative decoding, continuous batching)
- Strong familiarity with ML libraries, especially PyTorch, TensorRT, or TensorRT-LLM
- Demonstrated interest and experience in LLMs
- Deep understanding of GPU architecture
Lab profile
About Baseten
Powers mission-critical AI inference to bring cutting-edge models into production.
What they build
- Mission-critical inference platform
- Flexible infrastructure for production models
- Developer tooling for AI deployment
Known for
- Applied AI research
- Flexible infrastructure
- Seamless developer tooling
Key facts
- Raised Series F