AI Infrastructure Engineer
US$170,000 – US$351,000 / yr base salary
Posted 12 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Senior/Sr. Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer, Inference & Optimization”
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- Expected experience
- 3–8 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$170,000 – US$351,000 / yr |
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About the Company
DiDi's autonomous driving unit was established in 2016 with the mission of developing Level 4 autonomous driving (AD) technology to make transportation safer and more efficient. In August 2019, the unit became an independent company, DiDi Autonomous Driving, dedicated to advanced AD R&D, product application, and business expansion. We believe integrating AD technology into a shared-mobility fleet will generate immense social value. By leveraging DiDi's specialized technology, operational expertise, and integrated ecosystem, we are positioned to build and operate a highly efficient, user-oriented autonomous fleet.
About The Role
We are seeking an experienced and mission-driven Senior/Sr. Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer, Inference & Optimization to lead the performance tuning, deployment, and resource scheduling of cutting-edge AI models across on-vehicle and cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will design high-efficiency inference pipelines, build system-level stability frameworks, and optimize hardware execution to ensure ultra-low latency and rock-solid operational reliability. You will act as a technical leader in AI infrastructure, accelerating model iteration and bridging the gap between frontier deep learning algorithms and real-time autonomous systems.
Responsibilities
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Own the deployment, optimization, and resource scheduling of vehicle-side AI models, ensuring high efficiency, low latency, and robust execution within embedded constraints.
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Lead vehicle-side system stability initiatives, conducting independent root-cause analysis and driving resolution for complex, system-level performance bottlenecks and runtime anomalies.
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Architect and scale service-oriented deployment environments for Large Language Models (LLMs) and foundational models to support offline simulation, automated annotation, and rapid model validation.
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Track and evaluate cutting-edge industry methodologies, continuously integrating advanced optimization toolchains, quantization techniques, and execution engines.
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Establish system-level profiling and telemetry frameworks using CUDA tools to monitor, analyze, and maximize hardware utilization across target GPU architectures.
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Collaborate cross-functionally with Autonomous Driving Perception/Prediction, Cloud Infrastructure, and Safety teams to enable rapid algorithm iteration and scalable vehicle deployment.
Qualifications
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Master’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related technical field.