FocusKPI is seeking an AI Infrastructure & Experience Engineer to join one of our clients, a high-tech SaaS company. 

Work Location: Mountain View, CA (Onsite role, 5 days/week onsite)
Duration: 4-month contract 
Pay Range: $70 - 79/hr

**No C2C resumes are considered**
 

Position Responsibilities:

+ Inference Optimization: Deploy and tune multiple LLMs and generative multimodal models on local inference hardware. Optimize performance metrics (TTFT, tokens/sec) via model quantization, caching strategies, and architecture-specific adjustments.

+ Systems Engineering & CUDA: Leverage deep knowledge of the CUDA environment to build custom kernels, ensuring maximum utilization of the low-cost GPU compute.

+ Orchestration & Integration: Seamlessly bridge inference backends with orchestration layers (LiteLLM, Ollama, etc.) and frontends like OpenWebUI.

+ Rapid Prototyping: Build functional, high-fidelity demos showcasing m...