# Head of Engineering at Inferact

- Company: Inferact
- What the company does: Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLLM, the most popular open-source LLM inference engine. Our mission is to grow vLLM as the world. Backed by Sequoia and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://inferact.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/inferact/20df5968-cafb-4007-a6f6-ad854411b501
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inferact-head-of-engineering/

## About the role

Inferact's mission is to grow vLLM as the world's AI inference engine and accelerate AI progress by making inference cheaper and faster. Founded by the creators and core maintainers of vLLM, we sit at the intersection of models and hardware, a position that took years to build.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, machine learning, systems, or a related field
- Engineering leadership experience building and scaling highly specialized teams in LLM inference, ML systems, GPU or accelerator software, distributed systems, or closely related infrastructure
- Deep technical credibility at the inference layer, including hands-on understanding of inference runtimes, GPU or accelerator optimization, kernels, memory and communication bottlenecks, and hardware-software tradeoffs
- Ability to distinguish core inference-engine work from the routing, orchestration, and application layers above it, with opinions grounded in direct technical experience
- A strong record of recruiting, assessing, and retaining senior engineers, staff-level ICs, PhDs, and research-adjacent engineers in a production engineering environment
- Experience translating technically ambitious work into clear priorities, accountable ownership, execution plans, and durable engineering operating mechanisms

Tags: Research & Engineering