Job Title: Staff Engineer - AI Workload Benchmarking
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Staff Engineer - AI Workload Benchmarking with our client located in San Jose, CA.
Job Responsibilities:
Align benchmarking insights to the leadership in memory (HBM, DRAM, CXL) and storage (SSD/NAND) to inform product roadmaps.
Enable next-generation AI infrastructure solutions through performance-driven system design, validation, and standards engagement.
Job Qualifications:
Bachelor's/ Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
Professional experience in systems performance engineering, storage performance, or AI infrastructure benchmarking.
Demonstrated expertise with NVMe SSDs and storage stack performance analysis (block layer, page cache, file systems, asynchronous I/O).
Hands-on experience with AI/ML workloads — LLM training and inference frameworks (PyTorch, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, or equivalent), embedding pipelines, or vector databases (FAISS, Milvus, DiskANN, HNSW).
Strong proficiency with Linux performance and tracing tools: blktrace, perf, eBPF/bpftrace, ftrace, BCC, iostat, fio.
Working knowledge of GPU systems and accelerator I/O paths
Experience designing and executing benchmarks against industry standards (MLPerf Storage, or equivalent).
Proficiency in Python for benchmarking automation, data analysis, and visualization; comfort with C/C++ for systems-level work.
Proven ability to deliver structured technical reports, characterization studies, and reproducible benchmark artifacts to a senior engineering audience.
Job Details:
Job Type: Contract
Pay Range: $65 - $75 an hour.
Location: San Jose, CA (Onsite).
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Numbers & Facts
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$65–$75 Per Hour
Skills
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Automationunmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
C Programming Languageunmatched
C++ Programming Languageunmatched
Computer Engineeringunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
DRAMunmatched
Data Analysisunmatched
Data Visualizationunmatched
Electrical Engineeringunmatched
File Systemsunmatched
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)unmatched
Industry Standardsunmatched
Input/Outputunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Linux Operating Systemunmatched
Memory Hardwareunmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
Performance Engineeringunmatched
Product Planningunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Solid State Drive (SSD)unmatched
System Validationunmatched
Systems Engineeringunmatched
Technical Deliveryunmatched
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