Senior ML Inference Platform Engineer

About AION

AION is building the next generation of AI cloud platform by transforming the future of high-performance computing (HPC) through its decentralized AI cloud. Purpose-built for bare-metal performance, AION democratizes access to compute power for AI training, fine-tuning, inference, data labeling, and full stack AI / ML lifecycle.

Led by high-pedigree founders with previous exits, AION is well-funded by major VCs with strategic global partnerships. Headquartered in the US with global presence, the company is building its initial core team across India, London and Seattle.

Who You Are

You're an ML systems engineer who's passionate about building high-performance inference infrastructure. You don't need to be an expert in everything - this field is evolving too rapidly for that - but you have strong fundamentals and the curiosity to dive deep into optimization challenges. You thrive in early-stage environments where you'll learn cutting-edge techniques while building production systems. You think systematically about performance bottlenecks and are excited to push the boundaries of what's possible in AI infrastructure.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Build and optimize LLM inference systems working towards 2-4x performance improvements over standard frameworks like vLLM and TensorRT-LLM.
• Implement modern inference optimizations including KV-cache management, dynamic batching, speculative decoding, compression and quantization strategies.
• Develop GPU optimization solutions using CUDA, with opportunities to learn advanced techniques like Triton kernel development and CUDA graphs.
• Design model evaluation and benchmarking systems to assess performance across reasoning, coding, and safety metrics.
• Research and integrate trending open-source models (DeepSeek R1, Qwen 3, Llama 4, Mistral variants) with optimized configurations.
• Build performance monitoring and profiling tools for GPU cluster analysis, bottleneck identification, and cost optimization.
• Create cost-performance optimization strategies that balance throughput, latency, and infrastructure costs.
• Explore agent orchestration capabilities for multi-step reasoning and tool integration workflows.
• Collaborate with tech and product teams to identify optimization opportunities and translate them into production improvements.

Skills & Experience

Benefits

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