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Senior AI Systems Performance Engineer

SambaNova Systems - San Jose, California, United States

Posted Nov 21, 2025

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Senior AI Systems Performance Engineer San Jose, California, United States 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. About the role We are seeking a talented and driven ML performance engineer to optimize and scale state-of-the-art foundation models on SambaNova's reconfigurable dataflow platform. You'll work hands-on with some of the most advanced models in the world - such as DeepSeek R1, GPT OSS, and other frontier architectures - to push the limits of throughput, latency, and efficiency. In this role, you'll bridge the gap between deep learning and systems performance, collaborating across compiler, runtime, and hardware layers to deliver world-record performance for large-scale AI inference. Responsibilities - Bring up and optimize cutting-edge foundation models (e.g., DeepSeek, Llama, Qwen, and others) on the SambaNova platform through the SambaNova software stack. - Profile and enhance model performance across compiler, runtime,

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