Performance Engineer

Performance Engineer

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Performance Engineer for an opportunity in Santa Clara, CA!

Position Title: Performance Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Shift Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Shift Days: Monday - Friday

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6+ months

Job Type: FULL TIME 40 hours a week, CONTRACT, ONSITE OR HYBRID

Pay Range: [$70/hr] - [$75/hr]

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Job Description:

As an AI Performance Engineer, you will be responsible for optimizing the performance, scalability, and efficiency of AI systems and infrastructure. You will work at the intersection of AI workloads, systems engineering, hardware platforms, and software development to ensure that AI models and pipelines run efficiently in production environments.

Key Responsibilities:

* Design and implement performance-optimized AI solutions tailored to business and technical requirements.

* Profile and benchmark machine learning models and AI pipelines to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement.

* Optimize model inference speed, memory usage, and compute efficiency across various hardware platforms (CPU, GPU, TPU).

* Develop and maintain scalable, high-throughput data pipelines and model serving infrastructure.

* Monitor system performance and implement automated tools for performance regression detection and alerting

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Skills & Qualifications:

* Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees are a plus.

* Programming: Strong proficiency in Python. Experience with performance profiling tools (e.g., nvtop, VTune, NVIDIA Nsight, PyTorch Profiler, PerfSpect, ).

* AI/ML Expertise: Solid understanding of machine learning and deep learning concepts, with hands-on experience using frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or ONNX.

* Performance Engineering: Experience with model quantization, pruning, distillation, and hardware-aware optimization.

* Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with distributed systems, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Operating Systems, Networking.

* Data Engineering: Experience building and optimizing data pipelines using tools like Apache Spark, Kafka, or similar.

* Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex systems to identify performance issues.

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 241204 when responding to this ad.

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