Hybrid Sustainable AI Engineer

at Factorial

• Job title: Sustainable AI Engineer
• Job type: Internship
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Python, PyTorch, Tensorflow
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Barcelona, Spain

About the role

• Sustainable AI Engineer optimizing sustainability features for AI workloads. Collaborating with engineers to minimize environmental impacts of AI model training and inference.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and implement sustainability features to quantify and minimize the environmental impact of large-scale AI model training and inference.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to ensure efficient model deployment on custom silicon solutions.
• Explore new techniques for improving model footprint, model throughput, and hardware utilization.
• Develop and implement distributed scheduling strategies for carbon-aware large-scale model deployments across high-performance computing infrastructures.
• Conduct performance benchmarking and profiling of ML workloads on custom accelerators.
• Stay up to date with advancements in deep learning, sustainability, and AI hardware to bring innovative ideas into Openchip’s AI strategy.
• Participate in technical discussions and contribute to Openchip’s AI research and development roadmap.

Requirements

• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Publication record is a plus.
• Hands-on experience in training and deploying AI models, particularly LLMs or equivalent large architectures.
• Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency with ML frameworks, such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Strong knowledge of deep learning model optimization techniques, such as pruning, quantization, knowledge distillation, and reasoning optimization.
• Experience in sustainability topics is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with hardware/software co-design principles and methodologies is considered a plus.
• Fluent in English is a must; knowledge of additional European languages (German, Dutch, Spanish, French, or Italian) is a plus.

Benefits

• Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
• We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with opportunities for growth and career development.
• Work in a hybrid environment with flexible scheduling.
• We offer a remuneration that values your experience.
• A chance to work at one of the most transformative AI and silicon engineering companies in Europe.