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$150,000 – $350,000
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What this role is
Modal is hiring a researcher to lead inference optimizations for their LLM serving platform, focusing on techniques like speculative decoding and quantization that reduce cost and latency. This role suits someone with a background shipping inference systems or research who can independently drive projects from conception through deployment.
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What they ask for
Required
- Research or systems background in LLM inference with published or shipped work
- Fluency across the LLM serving stack from kernels to schedulers
- Track record of shipping research or systems that others build upon
- Ability to independently drive research bets from idea through results
- In-person work in NYC or San Francisco office