
AI Engineer, ML Systems
Salesforce
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $172,500 - $260,100 per year
About the role
- Design, build, and maintain model inference and serving systems, including integration with AI gateways.
- Own and evolve fine-tuning pipelines (e.g., LoRA / PEFT) using internal model tooling.
- Develop and maintain model evaluation, regression detection, and rollout workflows.
- Collaborate with AI researchers to transition research models into production-ready assets.
- Optimize inference systems for latency, throughput, stability, and cost efficiency.
- Implement best practices for model versioning, deployment, rollback, and monitoring.
- Partner with agent and platform engineers to ensure smooth integration between model systems and agent runtimes.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship on ML system design and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant ownership of backend or distributed systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python, with experience building production services.
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML model serving, inference pipelines, or ML systems engineering.
- Experience designing reliable, scalable systems for production environments.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong debugging skills across system, data, and model-facing failures.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across research and engineering teams.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Time off programs
- Medical, dental, vision
- Mental health support
- Paid parental leave
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Employee stock purchasing program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythonmodel inferencemodel servingfine-tuning pipelinesmodel evaluationregression detectiondeploymentmonitoringdebuggingscalable systems
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcommunicationcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Software Engineering