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# Software Engineer - ML Performance

- **Company:** Latitude Inc
- **Location:** Pittsburg, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $179,200.0 - $268,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Python (Programming Language), NumPy, Performance Tuning, Software Deployment, Data Streaming, Pytorch, Deep Learning, Parallel Computation, Pandas, Information Technology, ONNX (Open Neural Network Exchange) Format, C++14
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/560af8cd-6f65-42ce-a884-9b9b210ae3bb

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or PhD)
 * Expertise in GPU/DSP architecture and heterogeneous embedded computing.
 * Fluency in Python, PyTorch, ONNX, numpy, pandas.
 * Fluency in modern C++, data structure optimization and parallel programming.
 * Strong understanding of an AI deployment flow on an embedded platform.
 * Industry experience writing production-quality, performance-critical code, and maintaining large codebases.
 * Strong analytical abilities to quickly grasp concepts and design solutions.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, to collaborate with stakeholders of various backgrounds.
 * Strong desire to learn and grow, with a curiosity for new domains and technologies, and an R&D mindset.

What will make you stand out:

 * Master's or PhD degree in Robotics, ECE, Computer Science, or a related field.
 * Experience scaling model deployment, profiling or evaluation flows in a production embedded system
 * Experience in optimizing deep learning models through compression, quantization, pruning, kernel fusion, distillation, ... to achieve better inference latency, memory footprint and/or model accuracy.
 * Experience writing SIMD code.
 * Knowledge of perception or autonomous vehicle data flow and software stack.

## Description

* Architect, design, and implement software solutions that scale from the lab to the customer, for one of the largest-scale robotics projects in history.
 * Collaborate with various teams to understand, integrate and optimize their algorithms and models.
 * Profile and implement efficiency improvements, from PyTorch to C++, balancing requirements with compute constraints.
 * Develop infrastructure and tools which evaluate & optimize AI performance.
 * Drive projects end-to-end and deliver reliable software through continuous integration, automated testing and code reviews, while in a fast-paced, highly autonomous environment which requires a strong safety culture.


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