Lead Software Engineer, ML Network Stack - Annapurna Labs

We are seeking an experienced engineer and technical leader to join our team that owns the network stack for EC2 distributed AI/ML systems. The team develops support for a variety of frameworks and communication libraries including NCCL, NVSHMEM, NIXL, NCCL GIN, and CUDA kernels. Solid knowledge of Linux, networking, and performant coding is important. Experience with embedded systems is valued, and experience with high-speed networking or HPC/RDMA interconnects is highly valued.

If you like solving hard problems, want to work with HPC and ML customers, iterate fast and deliver meaningful solutions at scale, then come join us! This truly is a role at the forefront of AI/ML-you"ll be working on features for the largest clusters, with the largest customers, for the largest AI models.

The organization you would be joining is Annapurna Labs, an integral part of AWS that develops hardware and software components that are critical building blocks for EC2 infrastructure. Every instance in EC2 is running some type of hardware designed by Annapurna Labs. We specialize in designing software, systems, and chips that optimize the AWS customer experience.

Key job responsibilities

Be the Leader which works across the NVIDIA ML communication stack for enabling NVIDIA GPUs to work with the AWS EC2 machines. Knowledge of ML Networking, ML applications, and frameworks will be highly regarded. You"ll be leading senior, mid-level, and junior SDEs and directing work to ensure the team delivers functions and features required for the latest and largest ML workloads.

Come be a part of an organization that has developed some of the foundational technologies in AWS and EC2. Annapurna Labs" inventions are routinely mentioned in keynotes and all of re:Invent. Do you recognize Nitro, Trainium, EFA, ENA-X, Inferentia, Graviton? Join us and help create the future. We are seeking Senior SDE"s interested in moving to an SDM role after ramp.

About the team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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