Machine Learning Engineer, AI Inference Solutions – Early Career
Job in
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, 94087, USA
Listed on 2026-09-17
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-17
Job specializations:
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Software Development
AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Contribute production code across the ML deployment platform, model-optimization workflows, and inference benchmarking/profiling infrastructure
- Pair with senior engineers on deployment workflows, performance investigations, model-optimization experiments, and platform tooling
- Build, test, and maintain platform tools such as validators, performance probes, parity and sensitivity analyzers, and agentic specialists
- Investigate and help root-cause production deployment or performance issues involving compiler, kernel, runtime, and parity bugs
- Collaborate with kernels, compiler, reduced-precision, parity, and model-development teams to plan and execute model deployments to the AV stack
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical documentation
- Learn and follow secure coding, safety, and compliance practices for on-vehicle autonomous-driving software
- Recently completed or completing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree by Spring 2026 in Computer Science, ECE, or a related technical field; degree must be completed before start date
- Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and computer architecture
- Solid coding skills in Python and/or C++, demonstrated through coursework, internships, or substantial projects
- Hands-on AI/ML experience through classes, research, internships, or personal projects
- Depth in at least one of computer architecture, operating systems, distributed systems, or compilers
- Demonstrated software-engineering experience through internships, coursework, open-source, research code, or competitions
- Experience with—or strong interest in—coding assistants/agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Git Hub Copilot
- Ability to work effectively in collaborative, cross-functional teams and communicate clearly in writing and verbally
- Preferred: internship, research, or advanced coursework in ML systems, ML compilers, GPU programming, inference optimization, or distributed training/serving infrastructure
- Preferred: familiarity with PyTorch and modern ML compiler/runtime stacks such as torch.compile, TensorRT, ONNX, Triton Inference Server, or vLLM
- Preferred: exposure to model optimization or GPU profiling tools
- Preferred: familiarity with Airflow, Temporal, Flyte, Ray, or Kubeflow
- Preferred: experience building agentic or LLM-powered tools or workflows
- Preferred: open-source contributions related to PyTorch, TensorRT, vLLM, OpenAI Triton, or similar projects
- Preferred: coursework, projects, or publications touching ML systems
- Preferred: familiarity with C++ and Linux development
Demonstrates strong coding skills in Python and C++, with hands-on experience in AI/ML and a solid understanding of computer science fundamentals. Capable of collaborating effectively in cross-functional teams while adhering to secure coding and compliance practices for autonomous-driving software.
Highest-signal resume keywords- Python Programming
- C++ Programming
- AI/ML Experience
- Model Optimization
- Collaboration Skills
- Data Structures
- Algorithms
- Operating Systems
- Computer Architecture
- Software Engineering
- Distributed Systems
- Compilers
- Performance Optimization
- GPU Programming
- Inference Optimization
- Effective Communication
- Team Collaboration
- ML Deployment
- Model Development
- Performance Benchmarking
- Secure Coding Practices
- Autonomous Driving Software
- Py Torch
- TensorRT
- ONNX
- Triton Inference Server
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- Git Hub Copilot
- Airflow
- Temporal
- Kubeflow
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