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Baseten

Software Engineer - Dedicated Inference

Baseten is hiring a Software Engineer - Dedicated Inference for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $165k-$330k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Baseten.

Level's read on this job

  • On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
  • The listed pay starts close to the typical software engineer posting on Level.
  • The posting lists this role as remote.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Cursor, Clay and AI research.
  • Level lists 106 other open roles at Baseten.

AI in this role

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ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

As an Engineer on the Dedicated Inference team, you'll shape the state-of-the-art developer experience for deploying and operating AI workloads in production. From the CLI and SDKs to APIs, observability, and debugging workflows, you'll build the tools customers rely on every day to manage mission-critical inference deployments.

Few teams at Baseten have as much breadth and visibility as Dedicated Inference. The team is often at the forefront of new product development, giving engineers the opportunity to shape the experience of some of our most important customers.

EXAMPLE INITIATIVES

You'll get to work on these types of projects as part of our Dedicated Inference team:

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Implement new features and products for the team

  • Design ergonomic APIs and abstractions to solve customer problems

  • Fix bugs and resolve customer issues with urgency

  • Work across the stack - regardless of where you start, you’ll end up touching both React Components and Kubernetes Pods

  • Work closely with the product and forward deployed engineering teams to develop and drive new product ideas

REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

  • Proficient coding abilities in one or more popular programming or scripting languages; Python, Go, or JavaScript proficiency is a plus

  • Familiarity with web applications & databases

  • Good taste in product, particularly developer-oriented tools

  • Interest in ML/AI infrastructure and willingness to learn

  • Strong collaboration and communication skills

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity

  • (U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents

  • Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)

  • Paid parental leave

  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot

  • (U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k)

  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).

How we rate this

Software Engineer - Dedicated Inference at Baseten rates 86 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Pay

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$165k
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Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a research question you investigated. What did you find?
  2. Walk me through how you've used Cursor in your day-to-day work.
  3. What are the limits of Clay that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
  4. How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?
  5. Tell me about a time a model underperformed in production. How did you find out, and what did you change?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: AI Research, Cursor, and Clay. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
  • Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.

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