Senior CUDA Kernel Engineer - GPU Performance Lead
Pragmatike
Pragmatike is seeking a CUDA Kernel Engineer for a remote position to develop and optimize NVIDIA CUDA kernels for high-performance AI systems. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of GPU architecture, performance optimization strategies, and hands-on experience with profiling tools. This role provides the opportunity to work on significant projects impacting Fortune 500 clients within a fast-growing AI startup recognized by GTM Capital. Competitive salary, sign-on bonus, and health benefits offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr Pragmatike
$128.7k - $261.3k
...seeking an experienced developer for their AI Kernels & Compilers team to innovate in... ...technology. The role focuses on designing high-performance GPU kernels, optimizing ML performance, and... ...will have a strong background in CUDA programming and C++, with a minimum of 3...Senior- ...Francisco is seeking a highly skilled GPU Kernel Engineer to design and optimize custom GPU kernels... ...vendors, with a focus on enhancing performance for AI workloads. The ideal candidate... ...and Python, and a deep understanding of CUDA and performance strategies. Benefits...SeniorFlexible hours
- ...in San Francisco, is seeking a highly skilled kernel engineer to write and optimize GPU kernels that enhance performance for training and inference. This role involves... ...ideal candidate will have a strong background in CUDA or similar, with proven experience in kernel optimizations...Senior
$167.2k - $209k
...DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Engineer 2 to play a key technical role... ...we can offer the industry-leading performance for our inference services.... ...the inference engine and GPU kernel layers, ensuring our infrastructure... ...and their software stacks (CUDA, ROCm, TensorRT, OpenAI...SeniorLocal areaRemote workWorldwideFlexible hours$220k - $320k
inference.net, a growing company in San Francisco, seeks an experienced engineer to optimize AI inference performance. The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of experience in ML systems and GPU programming. Key responsibilities include implementing optimization techniques...Senior- ...A leading AI acceleration company in San Francisco is seeking a GPU Kernel Engineer to optimize performance for machine learning models. You will be responsible for designing high-performance... .... Ideal candidates have 1–5 years of CUDA development experience and a strong...
$285k - $315k
...The Role We're looking for a Founding GPU Kernel Engineer who lives right at the boundary between... ..., normalization, etc.) to set the performance ceilings Profile at the microarchitectural... ...Solid systems programming in C++ and CUDA (or ROCm/HIP) Good understanding of...Full timeWork at officeRelocation package$285k - $315k
SF Tensor is looking for a Founding GPU Kernel Engineer in San Francisco, specializing in GPU architecture... ...expertise, proven capabilities in hand-optimizing performance-critical kernels, and strong programming skills in C++ and CUDA. This full-time position offers a...Full timeRelocation package- FriendliAI is seeking a GPU Kernel Engineer in San Francisco to design and optimize GPU kernels for AI inference. This role requires expertise in CUDA, C++, and performance-critical systems. You will work on cutting-edge GPU technology and contribute to a highly collaborative...
- Mercor is seeking a CUDA Engineering Expert to analyze and optimize GPU kernels for performance in a remote role. The ideal candidate should be fluent in core C++ features through C++17, with working knowledge of Python and Git, and experience in GPU programming models...Remote job
- ...with hands‑on support from AMD engineers the team is scaling rapidly... ...are seeking a highly skilled GPU Kernel Engineer who is passionate about pushing the limits of performance on modern accelerators. In this... ...GPU kernels using C++, PTX, CUDA, ROCm, Triton, and/or JAX...Flexible hours
$100k - $120k
...inference workloads grow, we need kernel‑level innovations to reduce... ...cheaper and faster. Responsibilities Lead a team of kernel and system engineers focused on performance-critical code Design, implement... ...for CPU (AVX/ARM NEON), GPU (CUDA/ROCm), and hardware accelerators...$220k - $320k
A tech startup specializing in AI inference seeks a skilled professional to optimize their inference stack. Candidates should have over 2 years of experience in ML systems, fluency in Python, and hands-on experience with LLM frameworks. The role offers competitive compensation...SeniorLocal area- DataDirect Networks, Inc. is seeking a Lustre Engineer focused on enhancing high-performance, enterprise-ready Lustre capabilities. The ideal candidate will... ...software development experience, particularly in kernel-space C and performance optimization. You will be responsible...Senior
- The Consensus is looking for a GPU Kernel Engineer to optimize machine learning performance. The ideal candidate will design high-performance GPU kernels and collaborate on cutting-edge projects in the AI field. This role offers substantial growth opportunities in an inclusive...
- ...San Francisco is seeking candidates to develop and optimize GPU-accelerated kernels for machine learning and AI applications. You will work closely with the modeling and algorithm team to enhance the performance of AI systems. The ideal candidate will collaborate with...
- MakerMaker.AI in San Francisco is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to write and optimize GPU kernels. You will work on deep low-level tasks that directly impact the performance of machine learning models. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience with GPU kernels...
- San Francisco Tensor Company is seeking a Founding GPU Kernel Engineer to enhance GPU performance for AI applications. You will optimize and write kernels while collaborating with compiler teams to improve efficiencies across architectures. The ideal candidate has deep...Work at officeRelocation package
$220k
Perplexity is looking for an engineer to join their team in San Francisco. You will work on building and operating the inference engine, supporting new models, migrating GPU kernels, and developing a Rust-based serving runtime. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience...Senior- Cacheflow is seeking a Web Development Engineer to enhance performance and quality of their website. Candidates should have 6-8+ years in web development and deep experience with Webflow, including performance optimization and SEO. This role demands an autonomous expert...Senior
- A technology infrastructure company in San Francisco is seeking an experienced engineer to manage and operate GPU clusters. The role requires over 5 years of hands-on experience, a deep understanding of hardware systems, and a passion for automating fleet operations. You...Senior
- ...systems for discovering faster kernels Develop backend code... ...Help shape Luminal’s engineering culture from the ground up... .../RDNA assembly, or other GPU ISAs Familiarity with ML... ...tasks will include writing CUDA kernels, conducting model performance reviews. #J-18808-Ljbffr...SeniorFull time
$350k
Mirendil is seeking an engineer to design and optimize custom ML kernels to enhance our model development stack. This role involves working at the intersection... ...of hardware and frontier AI research, focusing on performance optimization. The ideal candidate will have...Senior- A leading AI technology company in San Francisco is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build scalable infrastructure for large‑scale training and fine-tuning of foundation... ...distributed training systems and optimize GPU utilization while collaborating with cross-functional...Senior
$180k - $250k
A tech innovation company is looking for a hands-on engineer in San Francisco to manage a vast fleet of GPU servers. You will build systems for tracking server lifecycle, automate provisioning and health checks, and ensure OS-level security. The role requires 5+ years of...Senior- ...You’ll write and optimize the GPU kernels and supporting systems... ...This is deep, low-level work (performance counters, memory bandwidth,... ...actually use. We hire kernel engineers because the gap between "this... ...Write and optimize GPU kernels (CUDA, ROCm, Triton, or similar)...Shift work
$285k - $315k
...future of AI and high-performance computing depends on rethinking... .... We are building a Kernel Optimizer that... ...partnering with researchers, engineers, and organizations who... ...We're hiring a Founding GPU Compiler Engineer to... ...low-level optimization (CUDA, ROCm, or equivalent) Hands...Full timeWork at officeRelocation package$300k
GPU Optimisation Engineer — Real-Time Inference Want to push GPU performance to its limits — not in theory, but in production systems handling... ...lost: memory hierarchy, kernel launch overhead, occupancy limits... ...Writing and tuning custom CUDA / Triton kernels for performance...RelocationVisa sponsorshipFree visa- Senior Site Reliability Engineer - AI Infrastructure Location: Global... ...works with leading AI labs, data centers... ...debug large‑scale GPU infrastructure... ...can reason about performance from network fabric - kernel - framework. What... ...actually run - NCCL, CUDA, PyTorch...SeniorFull timeRemote work
- ...shipping excellence. We seek engineers with strong intrinsic... ...leverage your knowledge of high-performance systems to optimize GPU performance at the... ...or LA offices Tech Stack CUDA/C++, GPGPU, Python, Linux... ...Design and optimize GPU kernels and tensor libraries Translate...Full timeWork at office
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