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Senior Optimization Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
HybridFull Time
Hitachi
HitachiTokyo Stock Exchange: 6501: Global provider of digital systems and social infrastructure solutions.
5+ YOEMinimum 5 years in optimization modeling tools; 3+ years programming; 3+ years Linux experience; 2+ years developing power system software; English proficiency; US work authorization.
AMPL, AIMMS, CPLEX, Gurobi, Linux, AIX
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Multimodal Model Training and Inference Optimization Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
ByteDance
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
M.S. or PhD in CS/EE/AI, experience optimizing model training and inference, proficiency in Python, C++, CUDA, PyTorch, Megatron, Deepspeed, distributed training, and knowledge of transformers/diffusion models.
Python, C++, CUDA, PyTorch, Megatron, Deepspeed
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Multimodal Model Training and Inference Optimization Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$156k-$388k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
MS/PhD in CS/EE/AI or related, experience optimizing model training and inference, distributed training, Python/C++/CUDA, PyTorch/Megatron/Deepspeed, knowledge of transformers and diffusion models.
Python, C++, CUDA, PyTorch, Megatron, Deepspeed
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SoC Power Analysis and Optimization Engineer
Beaverton or Cupertino or San Diego
OnsiteFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
3+ YOEBachelor's degree and 3+ years in SOC power analysis, optimization, and modeling; ML, Python, Verilog/SystemVerilog; ASIC/SOC design experience.
Python, Verilog, SystemVerilog, Machine Learning, Power modeling, Power analysis
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Solutions Architect, Agentic Optimization
Santa Clara or United States
$152k-$242k/yr RemoteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
5+ YOE5+ years AI/software engineering experience, strong Python/C++ coding, GPU model training/optimization, communication and customer-facing skills, BS/MS/PhD or equivalent.
Python, C++, GitHub, Kubernetes, containers
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Solutions Architect, Agentic Optimization
Santa Clara or United States
$152k-$242k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
5+ YOEDegree in CS/EE/Physics/Math or equivalent experience,5+ years AI/software engineering,proficient in Python/C++,experience profiling and optimizing models on GPUs and developing GPU kernels,strong communication skills.
Python, C++, GitHub, Kubernetes, containers, GPUs
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Machine Learning Engineer 5 - Decisioning & Optimization
New York City or Seattle or Los Angeles or Los Gatos
$466k-$750k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Provider of global streaming entertainment and video content.
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering experience with 3+ years on ML infrastructure or model serving; proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala; experience building high‑QPS, low‑latency model serving, feature serving, and model monitoring.
Java, Python, Scala, Chronon, Signal Service, JVM
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Machine Learning Engineer 5 - Decisioning & Optimization
New York or Los Angeles or Los Gatos or Seattle
$466k-$750k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Global video streaming and media production service.
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering; 3+ years ML infrastructure, model serving, or ML platform experience in ads/real-time decisioning; real-time model serving with sub-20ms latency; proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala; experience with ML serving frameworks and real-time feature pipelines; strong model monitoring and production readiness.
Java, Python, Scala, ML serving frameworks, feature stores, model registries
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Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - Collectives and Network optimization
San Jose, California, United States
$179k-$306k/yr HybridFull Time
AMD
AMDNASDAQ: AMD: Designs and manufactures computer processors and graphics technology.
Senior engineer with deep knowledge of network, NIC and GPU architecture, performance optimization and modeling, experience with AI frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, vLLM, SGLang) and ROCm; PhD or master's in CS/EE or related preferred; strong communication and leadership.
PyTorch, JAX, vLLM, SGLang, ROCm
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Technical Lead, Front-End Power Optimization
San Jose, California, United States
$184k-$264k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cisco
CiscoNASDAQ: CSCO: Develops and sells networking hardware and cybersecurity software.
8+ YOEBachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 6+ years (Master) or 8+ years (Bachelor); PhD with 3+ years; RTL design, power modeling; PrimePower RTL; scripting (Tcl/Python).
PrimePower RTL, RTL design tools, Tcl, Python
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Senior Principal Engineer (PE) / Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Quartus Timing Analysis & Optimization
San Jose, California, United States
$266k-$392k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Altera
Altera: Manufacturer of field-programmable gate arrays and programmable logic devices.
15+ YOEMS or PhD in CS/CE/EE,15+ years EDA/timing analysis experience,expertise in STA,timing closure/modeling,physical design optimization,and large-scale C++ development.
Quartus, Timing Analyzer, Fitter, Routing, C++
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Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Scientist, AI Inference & Optimization
Santa Clara, California, United States
$183k-$261k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Netskope
NetskopeNASDAQ: NTSK: Cloud-native cybersecurity and data protection platform for enterprises.
10+ YOE10+ years industry experience with 4+ years hands-on ML; experience in model fine-tuning, quantization, inference runtimes, transformer internals; MS required, PhD preferred.
LoRA, QLoRA, GGUF, AWQ, GPTQ, vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, ONNX Runtime, llama.cpp, MLX, CoreML, Python, C++
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ML Engineer - Inference & Model Deployment
Cupertino, California, United States
$250k-$310k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Hiring.Cafe
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Experience deploying and optimizing deep learning models in production, multi-GPU inference, profiling/benchmarking model performance, inference optimization techniques, and cloud/distributed systems familiarity.
vLLM, TensorRT, SGLang, GPU
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Software Development Manager, LLM Inference Model Enablement, Neuron SDK
Cupertino, California, United States
$213k-$288k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Amazon
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
7+ YOE3+ MgmtManage engineering team to onboard and optimize LLMs for inference on Trainium; strong background in LLM architectures, model performance optimization, and inference techniques; experience with PyTorch and Neuron stack.
PyTorch, AWS Neuron, Neuron compiler, Neuron runtime
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Model Distillation Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$120k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Hark
Hark: A building multimodal AI models and next-generation hardware to create natural human-machine interfaces.
3+ YOE3+ years in model compression/distillation/quantization, strong fluency in PyTorch or TensorFlow, experience with PTQ/QAT and int8 conversion, hardware-aware optimization for constrained devices, and familiarity with audio/sequence model architectures.
PyTorch, TensorFlow, TFLite, ONNX Runtime, AIMET, Hexagon DSP, NPUs, Ambiq MCUs
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AI Intern – VLA Deployment
Santa Clara or Mountain View
OnsiteInternship
XPeng
XPengNew York Stock Exchange: XPEV: Designs and manufactures smart electric vehicles and autonomous technology.
0+ YOEIntern to support optimization and deployment of multimodal models onto vehicle-grade compute; strong CS/EE/ robotics background; hands-on C++/Python; DL frameworks; model optimization and edge deployment.
C++, Python, PyTorch, ONNX, TensorRT, CUDA
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3D Game Artist
Hong Kong or San Jose
HybridFull Time
Nex
Nex: Gaming system that turns body movement into interactive play.
3D modeling/rigging experience; Unity proficiency; optimize assets for performance; strong communication.
Unity, Shader Graph, 3D Modeling, Rigging, Particle Systems, In-Engine Implementation
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Power Systems Research Scientist
Cupertino, California, United States
$175k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Gridmatic
Gridmatic: AI-powered platform for optimizing energy trading and battery storage.
Advanced degree in EE/power systems, strong power systems modeling and optimization background, experience with power flow, transmission/congestion analysis, large-scale optimization, and Python programming.
Python, PSS/E, PowerWorld, PSLF, PyTorch, JAX
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Sr. Applied Scientist
San Jose or Seattle
$164k-$313k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
Master’s or Ph.D. in CS/ML; track record in mid-training of multimodal models; diffusion architectures; Vision-Language Models; scalable data pipelines; optimize inference.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Distributed Training, Vision-Language Models
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Performance Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$175k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Etched
Etched: Designs specialized AI chips optimized for transformer architectures.
Develop performance models for transformer architectures; profile DL workloads; optimize HW/SW co-design.
gem5, CUDA, GPUs, FPGA, CGRA
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