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The AI Inference Engineer plays a critical role in the AI lifecycle by bridging the gap between high-performance model development and optimized deployment environments. This position focuses on optimizing Large Language Models (LLMs) for inference, serving diverse environments—from GPU-rich data centers to resource-constrained edge devices—with a strong emphasis on maximizing throughput, minimizing latency, and maintaining model accuracy.
This role is pivotal in advancing F5’s AI capabilities, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability by leveraging hardware acceleration, designing scalable infrastructure, and monitoring system performance.
High-Performance AI Serving
Build and maintain robust inference engines using tools like vLLM, TGI (Text Generation Inference), and NVIDIA Triton, ensuring high performance at scale.
Hardware Acceleration and Optimization
Profile and optimize models for specialized hardware backends, including NVIDIA GPUs (CUDA/TensorRT), Apple Silicon (CoreML), and AI accelerators like TPUs and LPUs.
Inference Orchestration and Scalability
Performance Monitoring and Observability
Programming Languages: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, Rust, or Golang specifically for high-performance AI workflows.
Inference Tools: Proven hands-on experience with tools like vLLM, TensorRT, Llama.cpp, and Ollama for inference development and optimization.
Infrastructure Expertise: Strong familiarity with infrastructure technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure.
F5 empowers you to push boundaries in AI optimization and high-performance engineering. Joining our team means:
Advancing your career in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment focused on innovation, scalability, and problem-solving.
As an AI Inference Engineer at F5, success is measured by your ability to:
Demonstrate initiative by driving optimizations across hardware, tools, and orchestration processes, balancing immediate solutions with long-term architectural goals.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.
