Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure
Clarifai
About this role
This role focuses on building and maintaining Clarifai’s core machine learning infrastructure to enable researchers and customers to train and serve state-of-the-art models. The engineer will collaborate with research teams to prototype training frameworks and productionize scalable solutions, and will help design and optimize model integration infrastructure. The position supports end-to-end ML lifecycle and production deployments across cloud environments.
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About Clarifai
clarifai.comClarifai is an AI platform that delivers high‑performance inference and reasoning on GPUs, focused on computer vision and multimodal workloads. It offers hosted APIs, model deployment and management, GPU‑accelerated serving, and options for cloud or on‑prem deployments to help teams scale and cut infrastructure costs (the site advertises >90% infra savings). Developers and enterprises use Clarifai for fast, production‑ready AI, turnkey SDKs and tooling, and enterprise features like security, compliance, and scalable model orchestration.
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About Clarifai
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$150k – $240k
per year