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Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer

SambaNovaSan Jose, California, United States$220,000+Silicon Software & Tools
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The published floor of $220,000 is 29% above the Silicon Software & Tools median of $170,000. First seen on this site 2026-08-21.
Posted 2026-08-20 · read from greenhouse

The era of pervasive AI has arrived. In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations at scale. SambaNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations. Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the SambaNova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy. Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets. About the team The ML team builds and optimizes the models that run on SambaNova's RDU accelerators. Their work covers model architecture, training and fine-tuning, inference optimization, evaluation, and data curation, and it lands in SambaStack and SambaCloud. They work directly with the compiler, systems, and hardware teams on co-design, so decisions about a model shape decisions about the silicon it runs on. About the role As a Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing machine learning models—with a focus on cutting-edge Large Language Models (LLMs)—to run efficiently on SambaNova's specialized hardware architecture, including the RDU.