Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer, vLLM Inference

At Red Hat we believe the future of AI is open and we are on a mission to bring the power of open‑source LLMs and vLLM to every enterprise. Red Hat Inference team accelerates AI for the enterprise and brings operational simplicity to GenAI deployments. As leading developers, maintainers of the vLLM project, and inventors of state‑of‑the‑art techniques for model quantization and sparsification, our team provides a stable platform for enterprises to build, optimize, and scale LLM deployments. You would be joining the core team behind 2025's most popular open source project ( the-top-open-source-projects-by-contributors) on Github.
As a Machine Learning Engineer focused on vLLM, you will be at the forefront of innovation, collaborating with our team to tackle the most pressing challenges in model performance and efficiency. Your work with machine learning and high performance computing will directly impact the development of our cutting‑edge software platform, helping to shape the future of AI deployment and utilization. If you are someone who wants to contribute to solving challenging technical problems at the forefront of deep learning in the open source way, this is the role for you.
Join us in shaping the future of AI
Write robust Python and C++, working on vLLM systems, high performance machine‑learning primitives, performance analysis and modeling, and numerical methods.
Contribute to the design, development, and testing of various inference optimization algorithms
Act as a core contributor for the vLLM open‑source project: reviewing PRs, authoring RFCs, and mentoring external contributors
Extensive experience in writing high performance code for GPUs and deep knowledge of GPU hardware
Strong understanding of computer architecture, parallel processing, and distributed computing concepts
Deep understanding and experience in GPU performance optimizations such as ability to reason about memory bandwidth bound vs. compute bound operations
Experience optimizing kernels for deep neural networks
BS, or MS in computer science or computer engineering or a related field. A PhD in a ML related domain is considered a plus
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Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
● Flexible Spending Account – healthcare and dependent care
● Health Savings Account – high deductible medical plan
● Retirement 401(k) with employer match
● Paid time off and holidays
● Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
● Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more
Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.
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