Model Optimization Engineer
Bright Vision Technologies · Austin, TX · 3 wk ago
RemoteRemoteEngineering$150k–$175k/yrFull-time
About the role
Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential. The position is 100% Remote (U.S.), full-time, direct W2. Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply; the company is unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this role.
Responsibilities
- Focus on extracting maximum throughput, minimizing latency, and reducing cost across training and inference workloads for large neural network systems.
- Span the full stack from low-level kernel optimization to distributed system tuning, requiring deep understanding of GPU architecture, model parallelism, memory management, and compiler-level optimization.
- Work closely with cross‑functional partners (product, design, engineering, operations, business stakeholders) to translate ambiguous requirements into well‑engineered solutions.
- Raise the bar through code review, design review, and mentorship of more junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Six or more years of experience in performance engineering, ML systems, or HPC.
- Strong proficiency in Python and C++.
- Hands‑on experience optimizing deep learning workloads on modern GPUs.
- Deep understanding of distributed training and inference techniques.
- Experience with profiling tools across CPU, GPU, and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with model compression techniques and their accuracy implications.
- Strong grasp of memory hierarchies, communication primitives, and parallelism strategies.
- Excellent measurement, debugging, and analytical reasoning skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Qualifications
- Experience optimizing LLM inference at production scale.
- Contributions to vLLM, TensorRT‑LLM, DeepSpeed, or similar projects.
- Familiarity with custom kernel authoring in Triton or CUTLASS.
- Experience with FinOps for AI workloads.
- Publications or talks on AI systems performance.
Pay
Salary range: $150,000–$175,000 annually.