CareerPlan

Lead Inference Engineer

Remote/UAERemoteFull-time2026-10-19 → 2026-10-23

Core

Lead the technical direction and optimization of a distributed inference platform for large language models, focusing on latency, throughput, memory efficiency, and cost across diverse hardware.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC Lead Inference Engineer

Builds

Distributed inference serving stack for LLMs

Domain

AI Infrastructure / GPU Computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM inference serving, GPU performance engineering (CUDA/Triton), distributed systems, model quantization, benchmarking, technical leadership

Preferred skills

Speculative decoding, MoE serving, energy-aware serving, confidential computing, open-source contributions

Technologies

vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, CUDA, Triton

Responsibilities

Own and improve inference serving stack (prefill/decode disaggregation, continuous batching, KV-cache management), optimize GPU performance and eliminate bottlenecks, drive efficient MoE model serving, implement quantization and model optimization, establish rigorous benchmarking and measurement methodologies, define technical roadmap and standards, mentor engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC