Looking for inference engineer jobs in San Francisco with visa sponsorship? Cartesia is hiring an Inference Engineer for an on-site role in its San Francisco office.
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Inference Engineer Jobs in San Francisco with Visa Sponsorship: Overview
| Job Title | Inference Engineer |
| Employer | Cartesia |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Salary | $180,000–$250,000 per year |
| Job Type | Full-time, On-site |
| Experience | Not specified in the available job information |
| Visa Sponsorship | Support available on a case-by-case basis |
| Closing Date | Not specified in the available job information |
About the Employer
Cartesia is an AI company pioneering model architectures including State Space Models. The founding team met as PhDs at the Stanford AI Lab. The company builds real-time multimodal intelligence and is funded by Index Ventures, Lightspeed and others.
Job Responsibilities
- Design and build low-latency, scalable and reliable model inference and serving stacks for foundation models
- Work closely with the research team and product engineers to serve products quickly and cost-effectively
- Design and build robust inference infrastructure and monitoring
- Shape products and impact how cutting-edge AI is applied across devices and applications
Requirements
- Strong engineering skills and comfort navigating complex codebases
- Eye for writing clean and maintainable code
- Experience building large-scale distributed systems
- Background in or experience working on inference pipelines with machine learning and generative models preferred
Visa Sponsorship and International Applicants
Cartesia provides visa sponsorship support and assesses each circumstance on a case-by-case basis. Sponsorship is not guaranteed for every role or candidate. The role is on-site in San Francisco. Applicants should discuss visa needs with the recruiter early in the process.
Salary and Benefits
- Compensation range of $180,000–$250,000 per year
- Equity package
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Parental leave
- 401(k)
- Flexible PTO
- Meals and snacks provided
- Relocation assistance available
- High salary range
- Visa sponsorship support available
- On-site SF team
- Sponsorship not guaranteed
- On-site requirement
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through the company’s Ashby careers page. Prepare a CV highlighting relevant inference and distributed systems experience.
Application Tips
- Highlight experience with inference frameworks such as vLLM or SGLang if available
- Mention any CUDA or systems-level work
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