Software Engineer III, AI

iXsystems

Software Engineer III (AI) building AI infrastructure that runs natively on TrueNAS. Optimizing capabilities like vectorization pipelines and GPU-accelerated inference.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $140,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build the AI infrastructure that runs natively on TrueNAS
Develop and optimize critical capabilities including on-array vectorization pipelines
Design and implement systems that generate embeddings for data living on TrueNAS
Build out inference path using cuVS/CAGRA targeting NVIDIA L4/A2-class GPUs
Develop anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and log analysis systems
Extend MCP surface so TrueNAS systems are first-class citizens in agent-driven workflows

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong backend engineering fundamentals
Comfortable in Go, Python, or C
Hands-on experience with vector search, embedding models, or RAG pipelines in production
Familiarity with GPU programming or GPU-accelerated libraries (CUDA, cuVS, DALI, TensorRT, or equivalents)
Comfort working close to the storage and filesystem layer
ZFS experience is a strong plus
Experience with Agentic Engineering
Experience in time-series anomaly detection or ML-driven observability
Contributions to open-source storage, ML infrastructure, or MCP-related projects
Experience with model quantization (4-bit, BitNet) and on-device inference constraints
Undergraduate or advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline is expected

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance
dental
vision
disability
life insurance
paid time-off
401(k)
health and flexible spending accounts
stock purchase plan and more

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoPythonCvector searchembedding modelsRAG pipelinesGPU programmingCUDAmodel quantizationanomaly detection

Soft Skills

backend engineering fundamentalscomfort working close to storage and filesystem layer