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Principal AI Solutions Software Engineer, AI Systems

SambaNova Systems
Stanford, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2025

The era of pervasive AI has arrived. In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations at scale.

SambaNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations. Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the SambaNova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy. Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets.

Working at SambaNova

SambaNova Systems is hiring a Principal AI Solutions Software Engineer, AI Systems . This role offers an unparalleled opportunity to work E2E (end-to-end) with cross-functional teams across Sambanova's software, hardware and ML teams to transform cutting-edge AI research into customer-empowering solutions with superior AI System performance and accuracy, propelling us towards making a substantial impact across diverse industries. We eagerly welcome individuals with exceptional talent to join us in this transformative journey.

Responsibilities

  • Work with both external users and internal engineering teams to develop robust, efficient and scalable AI solutions that meet customers' needs.
  • Integrate the latest model architecture, data curation, and performance optimization technologies from the AI industry and research into SambaNova's technical stack.
  • Create end-to-end solutions for ML applications to enable model training and fine-tuning on domain-specific data.
  • Enable high throughput and low latency inference applications for at-scale deployment.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional software and hardware teams to innovate customer-centric applications.
  • Work with diverse data types : textual, unstructured, tabular and multimodal data.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or Statistics
  • 5 years of industry experience, including 3 in one or more of the following :
  • Deep learning algorithm development

  • Compiler
  • Software-Hardware Co-design
  • Proficiency in Python or C , with a solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and machine learning.
  • Proficiency in one or more of the popular ML frameworks (PyTorch / Tensorflow / JAX)
  • Additional Required Qualifications

  • Experience in machine learning productization and pipeline development in software engineering
  • Real-world experience in multi-lingual LLM applications training and inference.
  • Real-world experience in vision-language multimodality.
  • Development and deployment Model Training and Inference at scale, Synthetic Data, Information Retrieval, Machine reading comprehension, RLHF / RLAIF, Question Answering, Copilot.
  • Development with DeepSeed, Megatron, vLLM, and TensorRT.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • CUDA / OpenCL programming skills. Experience with CuDNN, and CUDA math libraries (CuBLAS, CuFFT,..) is a plus.
  • First author in CS / ML publication
  • Annual Salary Range and Level

    The base salary for this position ranges from $165,000 / year up to $190,000 / year. This range is based on role, level, and location and reflects the salary target for new hires in the US. Individual pay within the range will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's job-related qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.

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    Benefits Summary for US-Based Full-Time Direct Employment Positions

    The Recruiter will provide benefit details for non-US-based roles)

    SambaNova offers a competitive total rewards package, including the base salary, plus equity and benefits. We cover 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, and 77% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution. We also offer Dental, Vision, Short / Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans in addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care. Our library of well-being benefits available to you and your dependents includes a full subscription to Headspace, Gympass membership with access to physical gyms, One Medical membership, counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program, and much more.

    Submission Guidelines

    Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at SambaNova Systems, you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified.

    If you are a new, recent (within the last two years), or upcoming college graduate and are interested in opportunities with SambaNova Systems, please apply through our university job listings.

    EEO Policy

    SambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin / ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

    Salary : $165,000 - $190,000

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