CareerPlan

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, SageMaker Inference

Bellevue, Washington, United StatesFull-time$168k–$227k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and implement kernel-level optimizations and inference pipeline improvements to reduce latency and increase throughput for LLM serving workloads on AWS SageMaker.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning engineer (inference optimization)

Builds

High-throughput, low-latency CPU/GPU/Inferentia inference workloads for Generative AI models

Domain

Cloud infrastructure + Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

CUDA kernel optimization, LLM inference serving, latency/throughput tuning, profiling and benchmarking, system architecture design, mentoring

Preferred skills

CUDA kernels, ML/low-level kernels, disaggregated serving, KV caching, full SDLC experience

Technologies

SageMaker, CUDA, GPU, Inferentia, LLM frameworks

Responsibilities

Profile and tune model inference performance across hardware/software stacks; write maintainable code and participate in code reviews; collaborate with scientists and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into production solutions; evaluate emerging tools for inference optimization.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC