Job Summary:

The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering org is looking for a Software Engineer to join us in the PSAP (Performance and Scale for AI Platforms) team. As a member of the PSAP team, you will be responsible for performance assessment of instructlab workloads and supported large language models on RHEL AI and OpenShift AI. RHEL AI is a Generative AI focussed platform built on top of RHEL and leverages the instructlab open source project. RHOAI is an enterprise grade MLOps Platform built on top of OpenShift.

The work includes performance characterization and optimization of instructlab workloads such as synthetic data generation using LLMs, LLM finetuning, LLM evaluations, and inference using open LLMs - all tied together through llamastack and MCP. Our goal is to make instructlab the framework of choice for Red Hat’s enterprise customers across a broad spectrum of AI accelerators for building Generative AI based applications. You will help us achieve such goals through benchmarking and targeted improvements to the performance of instructlab workloads and supported models. This role needs an engineer that thinks creatively, adapts to rapid change, and has the willingness to learn and apply new technologies. You will be joining a vibrant open source culture, and helping promote performance and innovation in this Red Hat engineering team.

The broader mission of the Performance and Scale org is to establish performance and scale leadership of the Red Hat product and cloud services portfolio. The scope includes component level, system and solution analysis and targeted enhancements. The team collaborates with engineering, product management, product marketing and customer support as well as Red Hat’s hardware and software ecosystem partners.

What you will do:

Formulate test plans, and execute performance and evaluation benchmarks against various instructlab workloads and models to characterize performance, drive performance improvements, and detect performance regressions through data analysis and visualization

Develop tools and automation to aid the performance benchmarking work

Collaborate with other engineering teams to resolve performance issues

Triage, debug, and solve customer cases related to instructlab performance

Submit performance benchmarking results to industry consortia

Publish results, conclusions, recommendations and best practices via internal test reports, presentations, external blogs and official documentation to support our partners and customers

Participate in internal and external conferences about your work and results

What you will bring:

Performance benchmarking, data capture, data analysis, and data 

Experience with performance data collection and analysis tools

Knowledge of popular AI technologies, and frameworks

Knowledge of large language model inference and finetuning internals

Programming experience in Python 

Experience working with the Linux operating system 

Excellent written and verbal language skills in English

The following will be considered a plus:

Masters degree or Phd in Computer Science or related fields

Knowledge of AI performance benchmarking suites such as MLperf

Direct experience working with AI performance profiling tools

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The salary range for this position is $104,080.00 - $166,320.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

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Benefits
●    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
●    Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
●    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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