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AI Inference Engineer (San Francisco)

Perplexity
Posted onFeb 17, 2026
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States (On-site)
Employment typeFull-time
Salary$210k – $385k Yearly

We are looking for an AI Inference engineer to join our growing team. Our current stack is Python, Rust, C++, PyTorch, Triton, CUDA, Kubernetes. You will have the opportunity to work on large-scale deployment of machine learning models for real-time inference.

Responsibilities

  • Develop APIs for AI inference that will be used by both internal and external customers

  • Benchmark and address bottlenecks throughout our inference stack

  • Improve the reliability and observability of our systems and respond to system outages

  • Explore novel research and implement LLM inference optimizations

Qualifications

  • Experience with ML systems and deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX)

  • Familiarity with common LLM architectures and inference optimization techniques (e.g. continuous batching, quantization, etc.)

  • Understanding of GPU architectures or experience with GPU kernel programming using CUDA

Salary: $210K – $385K • Offers Equity

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, real-time answers to questions backed by credible sources and citations.

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