The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,AIInfrastructure
“Senior Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure at The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Skills: AI Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, HPC Operations. Design orchestration layer. Scale orchestration layer”
Industry & Context.
Root-cause analysis; Debugging
Work from offices, On-site requirements vary, Stationary position long periods, Communicate information ideas, Observe details close range, Work under deadlines
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Expert systems engineer, Senior Software Engineer rigor, Pragmatic, hands-on urgency, Expert-level Linux internals, Expert-level container runtimes, Proven track record distributed systems, Proven track record debugging distributed systems, Proven track record optimizing distributed systems, Proven track record databases, Exceptional writing skills, Ability to drive consensus, Principled approach to engineering
Nice to Have
Applied experience workload schedulers, Applied experience high-performance networking, Prior experience training AI models, Prior experience fine-tuning AI models, Deep systems administration expertise, Site Reliability Engineering background, Experience contributing open-source projects, Familiarity on-prem storage systems
What You'll Do.
Design orchestration layer
Scale orchestration layer
Automate HPC operations
Optimize GPU performance
Design critical systems
Deliver critical systems
Build innovative tooling
Build software-defined infrastructure
Accelerate researcher velocity
Automate cluster health management
Conduct root-cause analysis
Implement optimizations distributed workloads
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Diverse groups researchers; Diverse groups engineers
Communication Scope
Writing skills; Drive consensus
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