About the Role
We are building a high-performance inference and fine-tuning platform designed to push foundation models to their hardware limits. Our mission is to maximize throughput, minimise latency, and optimise cost-per-token across tens of thousands of GPUs.
Responsibilities
- Identify LLM inference bottlenecks to drive production speedups.
- Squeeze maximum performance for a wide range of LLM architectures at scale.
- Implement novel speculative decoding architectures.
- Optimize components of various LLM designs.
- Contribute to open-source inference engines.
- Design and productionize low-precision (FP8, NVFP4/MXFP4) training and inference pipelines with measurable gains in throughput and cost-efficiency.
Requirements
- Profound understanding of theoretical foundations of machine learning and transformer architecture.
- Experience profiling GPU workloads using Nsight, PyTorch profiler, or similar tools.
- Understanding of GPU memory hierarchy and compute/memory tradeoffs.
- Familiarity with important ideas in LLM space, such as MHA, RoPE, KV-cache, Flash Attention, and quantisation.
- Understanding of performance aspects of large neural network training (sharding strategies, custom kernels, hardware features etc.).
- Strong software engineering skills (Python).
- Deep experience with modern deep learning frameworks.
- Proficiency in contemporary software engineering approaches, including CI/CD, version control and unit testing.
- Strong communication and leadership abilities.
- Experience working with open-source inference engines (vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM), including contributions.
- Experience with kernel languages or DSLs such as Triton, Cute, CUTLASS, CUDA.
- A track record of building and delivering products in a dynamic startup-like environment.
- Strong engineering skills, including experience in developing large distributed systems or high-load web services.
- Open-source projects that showcase engineering prowess.
- Excellent command of the English language, alongside superior writing, articulation, and communication skills.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire.
Skills
- Python
- CI/CD
- Version control
- Unit testing
- LLM inference
- Transformer architecture
- GPU workload profiling
- GPU memory hierarchy
- Deep learning frameworks
- Distributed systems
- High-load web services
- Open-source inference engines
- Kernel languages
- DSLs
- Triton
- Cute
- CUTLASS
- CUDA
Location
- Amsterdam
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Deep experience
- Strong engineering skills
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation
Benefits
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
About the Company
- Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy.
- We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.
- Built by engineers, for engineers.
- From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.
- Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel.
- Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.
- Fast moving - Bold thinking - Constant growth - Meaningful impact - Trust and real ownership - Opportunity to shape the future of AI
Equal Opportunity
- Nebius is an equal opportunity employer.
- We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- If you need accommodations during the application process, please let us know.
