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Overview Pulse is tackling one of the most persistent challenges in data infrastructure: extracting accurate, structured information from complex documents at scale. We have a breakthrough approach to document understanding that combines intelligent schema mapping with fine-tuned extraction models where legacy OCR and other parsing tools consistently fail. We are a small, fast-growing team of engineers in San Francisco powering Fortune 100 enterprises, YC startups, public investment firms, and growth-stage companies. We are backed by tier 1 investors and growing quickly. What makes our tech special runpulse.com is our multi-stage architecture: - Layout understanding with specialized component detection models - Low-latency OCR models for targeted extraction - Advanced reading-order algorithms for complex structures - Proprietary table structure recognition and parsing - Fine-tuned vision-language models for charts, tables, and figures If you are passionate about the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and data infrastructure, your work at Pulse will directly impact customers and shape the future of document intelligence. What we are looking for - 5 days in-office at our San Francisco office - Eager to learn and adapt quickly - Prior startup or founding experience is a plus What we are looking for - 5 days in-office at our San Francisco office - Eager to learn and adapt quickly - Prior startup or founding experience is a plus About the Role Specialize in low-latency, high-throughput inference for OCR and multimodal models. Own profiling, batching, and autoscaling across single-tenant and multi-tenant environments. Responsibilities - Build inference services with smart batching and caching - Optimize kernels, tokenization, and model graphs - Evaluate vLLM, TensorRT LLM, and Triton tradeoffs - Implement autoscaling and admission control with clear SLOs - Own performance dashboards and capacity planning Requirements - 3+ years in performance engineering or ML systems - Strong Python, plus C++ or CUDA exposure - Experience with GPU profiling and model serving Nice to have - Experience reducing p95 and cost in production ML systems Sponsorship Sponsorship available. Compensation and benefits Competitive base salary plus equity, performance-based bonus, relocation assistance for Bay Area moves, daily meal stipend, medical, vision, and dental coverage.

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We are a small, fast-growing team of engineers in San Francisco powering Fortune 100 enterprises, YC startups, public investment firms, and growth-stage companies. We are backed by tier 1 investors and growing quickly.
What makes our tech special https://www.runpulse.com/blog/pulse-approach-to-document-intelligence is our multi-stage architecture:
Layout understanding with specialized component detection models
Low-latency OCR models for targeted extraction
Advanced reading-order algorithms for complex structures
Proprietary table structure recognition and parsing
Fine-tuned vision-language models for charts, tables, and figures
If you are passionate about the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and data infrastructure, your work at Pulse will directly impact customers and shape the future of document intelligence.
What we are looking for
5 days in-office at our San Francisco office
Eager to learn and adapt quickly
What we are looking for
5 days in-office at our San Francisco office
Eager to learn and adapt quickly
Specialize in low-latency, high-throughput inference for OCR and multimodal models. Own profiling, batching, and autoscaling across single-tenant and multi-tenant environments.
Build inference services with smart batching and caching
Optimize kernels, tokenization, and model graphs
Evaluate vLLM, TensorRT LLM, and Triton tradeoffs
Implement autoscaling and admission control with clear SLOs
Own performance dashboards and capacity planning

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Prior startup or founding experience is a plus
Prior startup or founding experience is a plus
Experience reducing p95 and cost in production ML systems
Sponsorship available.

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