Associate Director, Software Engineering (Model Hosting/Inference Optimisation)

As an Associate Director in Software Engineering, you will design and operate scalable model hosting platforms for large language models, embeddings, and speech technologies across heterogeneous hardware. This leadership role focuses on driving inference optimization strategies, managing fine-tuning pipelines, and partnering with hardware teams to ensure high performance and reliability. You will work closely with data scientists to define metrics and integrate optimized models into the production stack.