Principal Machine Learning Infrastructure Researcher

Lightmatter(5 months ago)

HybridFull TimeSenior$300,000 - $350,000Machine Learning

About this role

Lightmatter is hiring a Principal Machine Learning Infrastructure Researcher to invent and model novel hardware systems using the company’s photonics technology for AI training and inference workloads. The role focuses on creative systems research, performance analysis of Passage-enabled systems, and collaboration with product and engineering teams to design rack-scale reference platforms. The position also involves publishing academic work and leading a small team of ML engineers.

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Required Skills

Machine Learning
Systems Research
Performance Modeling
Performance Evaluation
Deep Learning
LLMs
GPU Compute
Networking
Tools Development
Team Leadership

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Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
10+ Years Industry or Research Experience
Academic Publications

About Lightmatter

lightmatter.co

Lightmatter is a photonic (super)computer company that merges photonics and computing to rethink the limits of AI. They design photonic processors and full-system accelerators intended to deliver substantially higher speed and energy efficiency for AI workloads than conventional electronic approaches. Their platform combines hardware and supporting software to help AI developers and data centers run inference and training more quickly and cost‑effectively.