Senior / Staff ML Training Optimization Engineer

Build standardized distributed training frameworks for research and production, drive our training towards new levels of stability and efficiency.

Comprehensively profile model runtime and memory to pinpoint performance bottlenecks.

Identify and evaluate emerging technologies that can be adopted into Waabi’s training and inference frameworks.

Create and improve tooling and dashboards to ensure broad adoption of your work.

Qualifications:

• MS/PhD or Bachelors degree with a minimum of 4 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
• Solid coding proficiency in a variety of coding languages including Python, C++ or Rust.
• Experience in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or Jax.
• Skilled in profiling CPU and GPU code using tools such as PyTorch Profiler and NVIDIA Nsight.
• Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
• Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Bonus/nice to have:

• Experience in identifying when custom CUDA kernels are needed, and implementing them.
• Experience in Bazel in a monorepo environment, and integrating third party packages into dev environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes-based training platforms.

The US yearly salary range for this role is: $141,000 - $249,000 in addition to competitive perks & benefits.

Waabi’s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices.

The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations.

Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.

Perks/Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage.
• Unlimited Vacation.
• Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
• Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
• World-class facility that includes a gym, games room (ping pong table, video game consoles, board games, etc), multiple collaborative working spaces and a gorgeous patio!(when in office)

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible environment for all employees.