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Senior AI Inference Engineer - GPU, Rust & CUDA

$220k

Perplexity

Perplexity is looking for an engineer to join their team in San Francisco. You will work on building and operating the inference engine, supporting new models, migrating GPU kernels, and developing a Rust-based serving runtime. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on ML inference, familiarity with deep learning frameworks, and a strong understanding of GPU architectures. Compensation ranges from $220K to $485K. #J-18808-Ljbffr Perplexity

Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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