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Software Engineer - Inference Performance

Baseten · San Francisco · Toronto · New York · Montreal · Seattle

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Infrastructureremote$180k–$360k
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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
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