Senior Software Engineer - Model Inferencing

Red Hat® Open Shift® AI is a flexible, scalable artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) platform that enables enterprises to create and deliver AI-enabled applications at scale across hybrid cloud environments. Built using open-source technologies, Open Shift AI provides trusted, operationally consistent capabilities for teams to experiment, serve models, and deliver innovative apps.

The Open Shift AI team seeks a Software Engineer with Kubernetes and Model Inference Runtimes experience to join our rapidly growing engineering team. Our team focuses on making machine learning model deployment and monitoring seamless and scalable across the hybrid cloud and the edge. This is a fascinating opportunity to build and impact the next generation of hybrid cloud MLOps platforms.

• Develop and maintain a high-quality, high-performing ML inference runtime platform for multi-modal and distributed model serving.
• Contribute directly to upstream inference runtime communities such as vLLM (), TGI (), PyTorch (), OpenVINO (), and others.
• Maintain CI/CD build pipelines for container images that allow faster, more secure, reliable, and frequent releases.
• Coordinate and communicate with various stakeholders.
• Apply a growth mindset by staying up to date with AI and ML advancements.

• Highly experienced with programming in Python and PyTorch.
• Familiarity with model parallelization, quantization, and memory optimization using vLLM, TGI, and other inference libraries.
• Experience with Python packaging, such as PyPI libraries.
• Solid understanding of the fundamentals of model inference architectures.
• Experience with Jenkins, Git, shell scripting, and related technologies.
• Experience with the development of containerized applications in Kubernetes.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with Cloud Computing using at least one of the following Cloud infrastructures: AWS, GCP, Azure, or IBM Cloud.
• Ability to work across a large, distributed, hybrid engineering team.

• Experience with open-source development is a plus.
• Development experience with C++, especially with the CUDA APIs, is a big plus.

The salary range for this position is $ - $. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

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• 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!

These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

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