Performance Engineer – Akamai Inference Cloud
Akamai Technologies
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Distributed Systems
About the role
- The Performance Engineer ensures optimal benchmarking, tuning, and performance of an AI inference platform.
- Responsibilities include applying advanced optimization techniques to enhance throughput, reduce latency, and improve resource efficiency.
- The role involves working with models, hardware accelerators, and infrastructure.
- Expertise in AI/ML performance optimization, proficiency with inference frameworks, and a passion for maximizing hardware and software performance are essential.
Requirements
- Have experience in performance engineering with hands-on expertise in AI/ML model optimization and inference performance tuning.
- Demonstrate solid knowledge of inference optimization techniques including quantization (INT8, FP16), model compilation, hardware acceleration, and familiarity with compiler optimizations and ML compilers.
- Show proficiency with GPU optimization and understanding of memory hierarchies and techniques to maximize hardware utilization.
- Have experience with profiling and benchmarking tools for AI workloads, identifying performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
- Demonstrate problem-solving skills with ability to analyze performance data, communicate insights clearly, and drive optimization efforts.
- Possess knowledge of distributed inference and model parallelism techniques.
- Have experience with cost optimization for compute-intensive workloads.
Benefits
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
performance engineeringAI/ML model optimizationinference performance tuninginference optimization techniquesquantizationmodel compilationhardware accelerationGPU optimizationprofiling toolsbenchmarking tools
Soft skills
problem-solvingdata analysiscommunication