Member of Technical Staff - Tokenomics

Overview: We are seeking a highly motivated & skilled Member of Technical Staff to join our growing engineering team. Member of Technical Staff will play a crucial role in developing inference benchmarks & system modelling You will also play a role in writing and preparing our newsletter articles for publishing, with the opportunity for direct authorship recognition. We are hiring individual contributors at all experience levels. Compensation will be competitive As part of the interview process, you'll complete a paid coding challenge designed to reflect typical daily tasks at Semi Analysis Competitive Compensation depending on experience, skillset, location & business needs

Key Responsibilities: Conduct training & inference performance benchmarks across various AI hardware (e.g. NVIDIA H100, AMD Mi 300X, Google TPUs, AWS Trainium 2) using frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, vLLM, SGLang, etc. Author detailed technical research reports analyzing benchmark results, hardware performance, scalability, & efficiency. Develop comprehensive system modelling using Python & NCCL for existing & future AI compute clusters, scaling from single-GPU setups to O(100k) GPU clusters. Establish and maintain strategic partnerships & collaborations with over 50 leading neocloud providers & AI chip manufacturers, including AMD, NVIDIA, and other industry stakeholders. Stay current on emerging trends & technologies by attending major industry & academic conferences such as NeurIPS, MLSys, NVIDIA GTC, AMD's Advancing AI, etc.

Qualifications: Proactive, self-motivated, and capable of working independently in a global team. Demonstrated experience in ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX through professional experience, personal projects, or personal Substack blogs Solid understanding of at least 1 of the following: transformer architecture, LLM parallelism strategies, and/or CUDA parallel programming Strong research skills and the ability to synthesize information from various sources to draw insights. English language proficiency required, Chinese language proficiency preferred Why Semi Analysis? At Semi Analysis, you're placed directly inside the most important conversations shaping the future of AI and semiconductors. You'll develop a first-principles understanding of the technical and economic dynamics behind the world's most consequential technology, with rare end-to-end visibility across the entire stack—from silicon and systems to models, software, and real‐world deployment. Our work is read and relied upon by the people allocating capital, building infrastructure, and setting strategy across the industry, giving your research and analysis real, measurable impact. The environment is built for learning and autonomy. You'll have the freedom to chase interesting ideas, dig into emerging trends early, and continuously expand your technical and economic toolkit, supported by generous PTO, office stipends, competitive healthcare (medical, dental, vision), and support for conferences and ongoing learning. Semi Analysis LLC participates in the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. For more information, visit e-verify.gov. E-Verify Poster: https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdfRight to Work Poster: https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/file/1133936/dl?inline=