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AnyscaleAnyscaleSan Francisco, CA

Distributed LLM Inference Engineer

Build and optimize distributed LLM inference systems at scale using Ray, integrating with engines like vLLM to deliver high-throughput, low-latency batch and online inference solutions.

170k – 247k/yr
HybridML Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Iterate quickly with product teams to ship end-to-end solutions for batch and online inference at high scale for Ray users and Anyscale customers
  • Work across the stack integrating Ray Data and LLM engines to provide optimizations for low-cost, large-scale ML inference
  • Integrate with open-source software like vLLM, work with the community to adopt techniques in Anyscale solutions, and contribute improvements to open source
  • Follow state-of-the-art developments in open source and research, implementing and extending best practices

Requirements

  • Familiarity with running ML inference at large scale with high throughput and low latency
  • Familiarity with deep learning and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch)
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems and ML inference challenges

Nice-to-Haves

  • ML Systems knowledge
  • Experience using Ray
  • Work with community on LLM engines like vLLM, TensorRT-LLM
  • Contributions to deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  • Contributions to deep learning compilers (Triton, TVM, MLIR)
  • Prior experience working on GPUs / CUDA

Compensation & Benefits

  • Market-based compensation approach
  • Equity (stock options)
  • Healthcare plans with 99% premiums covered for employees and dependents
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Education & Wellbeing Stipend
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Paid Time Off
  • Commute reimbursement
  • 100% of in-office meals covered

Skills

PyTorchRayvLLMTensorrt-LlmDistributed SystemsMl InferenceCUDATritonTvmMlirTensorFlow

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