RadixArk

AI Infra Resident (1-Year Program)

RadixArk

Palo Alto, CAPosted Jul 31, 2026

Job description

About The Role

RadixArk is launching a full-time, paid, 1-year residency program for aspiring AI infrastructure engineers. You'll rotate across inference, training, kernels, compilers, and cluster infrastructure, working on real production systems alongside senior engineers. This is an opportunity to learn from the team behind SGLang and Miles while owning meaningful projects that impact thousands of developers.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (recent graduates welcome)

Strong foundations in systems programming, ML systems, or high-performance computing

Experience with Python and/or C++; exposure to CUDA, JAX, or distributed systems is a plus

Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and debug complex technical problems

Curiosity, grit, and willingness to dive deep into unfamiliar layers of the stack

Desire to grow into a world-class AI infrastructure engineer

Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively

Responsibilities

Join a full-time, paid, 1-year residency focused on AI infrastructure

Rotate across inference, training, kernels, compilers, and cluster infrastructure

Work on real production systems: LLM serving (SGLang), diffusion inference (Flux, Wan), RL training (Miles), schedulers, and performance tooling

Learn to debug failures across the full stack: model → runtime → kernel → hardware

Own meaningful projects with close mentorship from senior engineers

Contribute to SGLang, Miles, and other open-source projects

Document learnings and create guides for the community

Present technical deep-dives and share knowledge with the team

Participate in code reviews and learn engineering best practices

About RadixArk

RadixArk is an infrastructure-first company built by engineers who've shipped production AI systems, created SGLang (30K+ GitHub stars, the fastest open LLM serving engine), and developed Miles (our large-scale RL framework). Founded by AI infrastructure veterans from xAI and NVIDIA, we're on a mission to democratize frontier-level AI infrastructure by building world-class open systems for inference and training. Our team has optimized kernels serving billions of tokens daily, designed distributed training systems coordinating 10,000+ GPUs, and contributed to infrastructure that powers leading AI companies and research labs.

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation with equity, comprehensive health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

Compensation

is determined by location, level, and experience.

Equal Opportunity

RadixArk is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.