ML Engineer, Inference & Optimization
Palo Alto HQ • FullTime
Posted 1mo ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Machine Learning Engineer
About the job
We are seeking Senior/Staff level Inference Engineers to accelerate the performance of Pika's AI-driven products. In this highly technical role, you will operate at the intersection of cutting-edge inference acceleration, GPU parallelism, advanced model deployment, and video generation technologies. Your expertise will drive significant improvements to model speed and efficiency, ensuring our creative AI systems deliver industry-leading user experiences at scale. You will design and optimize inference pipelines, implement state-of-the-art acceleration techniques, and work closely with researchers and engineers across the team to push the boundaries of what’s possible in real-time AI deployment. Your efforts will play a foundational role in powering the next generation of Pika’s video and language models.
Responsibilities
- Lead and implement advanced inference acceleration techniques, including attention optimization and quantization for efficient model serving.
- Engineer and optimize GPU strategies across tensor, sequence, and pipeline parallelism (TP, SP, PP) for maximal efficiency and scalability.
- Develop and optimize high-performance computing kernels and distributed workloads using CUDA and NCCL.
- Collaborate with research and engineering teams to bring state-of-the-art videogen and large language models into production.
- Contribute to improvements in model training speed, stability, and resource utilization as part of our deployment lifecycle.
- Drive rigorous code reviews, participate in technical discussions, and mentor fellow engineers on best practices in inference and GPU programming.
Requirements
- 5+ years engineering experience, with a strong track record in inference acceleration and model deployment at scale.
- Proven expertise in inference optimization, including quantization, attention acceleration, and deep learning compiler stacks.
- Deep knowledge of GPU programming (CUDA, NCCL) and experience with SP, TP, PP, and other forms of parallelism for distributed inference.
- Familiarity with video generation (videogen) models and large language models (LLMs).
- Strong cross-discipline communication skills; able to drive shared goals across research and engineering functions.
- Self-driven, solutions-oriented, and capable of managing ambiguity in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Experience in enhancing training efficiency, stability, or resource optimization for large models.
- Experience with high-throughput video or real-time streaming model deployment.
- Familiarity with distributed training and optimization toolkits.
- Contributions to open source projects in AI infrastructure or deep learning compilers.
- Startup or rapid prototyping experience.
Benefits
- Competitive salary in the AI industry
- Equity in a fast-growing startup shaping the future of AI
- Comprehensive health benefits, monthly stipends, company retreats
- A supportive and collaborative office culture