VDart

AI ML Performance Engineer

VDart Bellevue, WA

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Role: AI ML Performance Engineer

Location: Bellevue, WA (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Contract


About the Role

We are looking for an experienced AI/ML Performance Engineer to design and execute high-intensity stress workloads for next-generation AI platforms. This role focuses on identifying performance bottlenecks, improving system stability, and enabling scalable, production-ready AI infrastructure.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement high-intensity stress workloads using PyTorch and Triton
  • Analyze system performance to identify bottlenecks, stability issues, and performance cliffs
  • Develop workloads targeting large GEMMs, attention mechanisms, MoE-like architectures, mixed precision, and long-running executions
  • Build custom Triton kernels to stress hardware execution units, memory hierarchies, and synchronization paths
  • Create scalable test harnesses across problem size, number of devices, and runtime duration
  • Integrate workloads with profiling, monitoring, and failure triage tools
  • Collaborate with platform, firmware, and SDK teams
  • Provide documentation and reproducible scripts for lab and CI environments


Required Skills

  • Strong experience in performance testing and analysis (test result analysis, server stats, bottleneck identification, tuning, and recommendations)
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Scripting experience using Shell or PowerShell
  • Experience with PyTorch and/or Triton


Nice to Have

  • Experience with AI hardware platforms or simulators
  • Exposure to distributed systems and multi-device workloads

  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Contract
  • Job function

    Engineering, Information Technology, and Research
  • Industries

    IT Services and IT Consulting, Software Development, and IT System Custom Software Development

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