Tech Lead, Research Scientist - DPU & AI Infra

Tech Lead, Research Scientist – DPU & AI Infra

Location:

Seattle

Team:
Infrastructure

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A07481

• Design and develop DPU network software with a focus on high performance, low latency, and reliability.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to build software-hardware co-design solutions for networking and storage acceleration.
• Explore AI/ML infrastructure acceleration, leveraging DPUs, GPUs, and custom hardware to optimize distributed training and inference.
• Drive end-to-end performance optimization, from OS kernels and drivers to user-space runtime systems.
• Contribute to architecture design, technical proposals, and long-term research directions.

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields; or Ph.D. with strong research/publications.
  • 5+ years of relevant industry experience (exception for Ph.D. with strong background).
  • Proficiency in C/C++ development and debugging.
  • Strong Linux systems development experience.
  • Solid understanding of compute, network architecture, and operating systems.
  • Background in at least one of: software-hardware co-design, distributed systems, high-performance networking, or AI/ML systems.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Ph.D. in related fields with research training and publications.
  • Experience with software-hardware co-design (networking, storage, or distributed compute).
  • Hands-on experience with network virtualization (OVS, SR-IOV, eBPF).
  • Familiarity with DPDK and high-performance user-space networking.
  • Bonus points for hardware acceleration experience (FPGA/ASIC/GPU/CUDA).
  • Bonus points for experience with NCCL Collectives along with AI communication patterns and parallelization techniques.
  • Proven experience designing and building AI/ML infrastructure related but not limited to inference kv cache system, data preprocessing system.

The base salary range for this position in Seattle is $232,560 – $427,500 annually.

Compensation may vary based on qualifications, skills, and experience.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) savings plan with company match; paid parental leave; short-term and long-term disability coverage; life insurance; wellbeing benefits; 10 paid holidays per year; 10 paid sick days per year; 17 days of paid personal time.

This position is open to all qualified candidates; background checks may be required for certain positions.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) candidates, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable laws. However, certain duties may be impacted by criminal history and could result in withdrawal of conditional offer.

• Interacting with clients or colleagues.
• Handling confidential information.
• Exercising sound judgment.