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- ...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- ...Sciforium Gpu Kernel Engineer Sciforium is an AI infrastructure company developing next-generation... ...about pushing the limits of performance on modern accelerators. In this role,... ...optimize custom GPU kernels using C++, PTX, CUDA, ROCm, Triton, and/or JAX Pallas. Profile...SuggestedFlexible hours
- ...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...
- ...and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE We’re seeking a GPU Kernel Engineer to join our team at... ...your code directly impacts the performance of state‑of‑the‑art machine learning... ...and optimize code using CUDA, PTX assembly, and...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...- ...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...
- 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
$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$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$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$150k - $250k
DataDirect Networks, Inc. is seeking a Lustre Engineer to contribute to Lustre architecture and implement new features. This role demands expertise in kernel-space C, performance tuning, and collaboration with engineers. Applicants should have 7+ years of experience in...Senior- 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...
$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$180k - $250k
...A leading technology company in San Francisco is seeking a skilled engineer to build custom compute environments, enhancing GPU performance for customer workloads. Candidates should have deep expertise in Linux virtualization and networking fundamentals, along with experience...SeniorRelocation package- ...Francisco, is searching for a Sr. Systems Performance Software Engineer to own the architecture and... ...systems and drive performance across CPU, GPU, and memory boundaries. The ideal candidate... ...in robotics software, possesses kernel-level coding skills, and a solid understanding...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
- 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
- Sciforium, an AI infrastructure company in San Francisco, is looking for a Senior HPC & GPU Infrastructure Engineer to manage the health and performance of our GPU compute cluster. You will be the primary custodian of a high-density accelerator environment, bridging hardware...SeniorFlexible hours
$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...Senior- ...researchers. We are searching for a CUDA Kernel Engineer who has hands-on experience... ...from scratch . You will work on the GPU performance layer powering large-scale, high-throughput... ...2026. Career growth & influence: Lead AI initiatives, optimize pipelines, and...Remote jobLocal areaImmediate startRelocation package
- ...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
- ...company focused on AI is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability and performance of its GPU marketplace. This role involves maintaining... ...reliability standards, design monitoring systems and lead incident response. Join a forward-thinking environment...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
$500 per month
...a small team of engineers, former US military... ...and performance of our full software... ...Every inefficient kernel is a target that... ...accumulates across CPU, GPU, memory, and I/O... .... This is a senior IC role with subteam lead scope. You\'ll... ...Develop and optimize CUDA kernels for high...SeniorPermanent employmentWork at officeMonday to FridayNight shiftWeekend work$280k
...group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business... ...breakthrough innovations in GPU performance and systems engineering. As a... ...-art techniques from custom kernel development to distributed... ...GPU Kernel Development: CUDA, Triton, CUTLASS, Flash Attention...Work at officeVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours- ...GPU Performance Engineer We are Genmo, a research lab dedicated to building open, state-of-the-art models for video generation towards unlocking... ...that achieve 5-10x speedups. From writing custom CUDA kernels to eliminating cold start latency, you'll ensure our infrastructure...
$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
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