Red Hat · 20 hours ago
Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Boston
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$207K/yr - $351K/yrRed Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, and they are seeking a Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer focused on model optimization algorithms. In this role, you will develop state-of-the-art deep learning software and collaborate with product and research teams to enhance LLM training and deployment pipelines.
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Responsibilities
Contribute to the design, development, and testing of various inference optimization algorithms in the vLLM, and related projects, such as llm-d, LLM-compressor and speculators
Create and manage inference serving deployment pipelines
Benchmark, profile, and evaluate different parallelizations, quantization and sparsification approaches to determine the best performance for specific hardware and models
Participate in technical design discussions and provide innovative solutions to complex problems
Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in the open source LLM model architecture, LLM Inference parallelizations/optimizations techniques, and quantization research
Stay up-to-date of latest CPU and GPU hardware architecture and features to boost AI inference performance
Give thoughtful and prompt code reviews
Mentor and guide other engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation
Continuous collaboration with internal and external open source comitters and contributors while contributing to vLLM and related projects
Qualification
Required
Strong understanding of machine learning and deep learning fundamentals with experience in one or more of LLM Inference Optimizations, Computer Vision, NLP, and reinforcement learning
Experience with tensor math libraries such as PyTorch and NumPy
Strong programming skills with proven experience implementing Python based machine learning solutions
Ability to develop and implement research ideas and algorithms
Experience with mathematical software, especially linear algebra
Understanding of Linear Algebra, Gradients, Probability, and Graph Theory
Strong communications skills with both technical and non-technical team members
BS, or MS in computer science or computer engineering or a related field
Preferred
A PhD in a ML related domain is considered a strong plus
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
Company
Red Hat
Red Hat is a software company that offers enterprise open-source software solutions. It is a sub-organization of IBM.
Founded in 1993
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2018-10-28Acquired
1999-08-20IPO
1999-03-09Corporate Round
Leadership Team
Chris Wright
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Global Engineering
Andrew Brown
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
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