Principal Software Engineer - AI/ML (Ireland)

About this role

Principal Software Engineer to work on cutting-edge AI/ML applications and agent systems, leveraging modern inference platforms to build production-ready prototypes. You will contribute to upstream communities like vLLM, TGI, PyTorch, and OpenVINO while building innovative applications that demonstrate the capabilities of next-generation AI/ML systems. The ideal candidate is energized by working concurrently on a wide variety of projects, independently as well as within a team environment.


What You Will Do

• Build high-quality, high-performing AI/ML applications and agent systems using modern inference platforms for multi-modal and distributed model serving
• Apply and optimize inference techniques including KV cache management, model quantization, and distributed serving to production workloads
• Contribute to upstream inference runtime communities such as vLLM, TGI, PyTorch, OpenVINO, and related projects
• Build multi-modal AI applications integrating vision, language, and other modalities
• Provide technical leadership and coordination across multiple stakeholders and engineering teams
• Apply a growth mindset by staying current with rapid advancements in AI/ML inference technologies
• Benchmark and analyze inference performance at scale, driving data-driven optimization decisions
• Publicize innovations through blogs, presentations, conferences, and other technical venues

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering with focus on production inference systems
• Deep expertise in PyTorch and modern deep learning frameworks
• Hands-on experience with inference runtime optimization (model serving, batching, KV cache management)
• Advanced programming skills in Python and C++
• Proven ability to contribute to and lead open source projects
• Strong self-motivation and organizational skills
• Ability to work concurrently on multiple projects, independen...