Mountain View, CA30+ days ago
ResponsibilitiesAs a Principal Software Engineer on the team the common tasks of the job would include, but not be limited to:Identify and drive improvements to end-to-end inference performance of OpenAI and other state of the art LLMsMeasure, benchmark performance on Nvidia/AMD GPU's and first party Microsoft siliconOptimize and monitor performance of LLMs and build SW tooling to enable insights into performance opportunities ranging from the model level to the systems and silicon level, help reduce the footprint of the computing fleet and achieve Azure AI capex goalsEnable fast time to market of LLMs/models and their deployments at scale by building SW tools that afford velocity in porting models on new Nvidia, AMD GPUs and Maia siliconDesign, implement, and test functions or components for our AI/DNN/LLM frameworks and toolsSpeeding up/reducing complexity of key components/pipelines to improve performance and/or efficiency of our systemsCommunicate and collaborate with our partners both internal and externalEmbody Microsoft's Culture and ValuesQualificationsRequired Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Preferred Qualifications:Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience.