Founding GPU Kernel Engineer — Hand‑Tuned ML Kernels
San Francisco Tensor Company
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 expertise in GPU architecture and experience with profiling tools. This position offers a salary range of $285,000 - $315,000 along with bonus, equity, and benefits, plus relocation assistance to our San Francisco office. #J-18808-Ljbffr San Francisco Tensor Company
$285k - $315k
About The Role We're looking for a Founding GPU Kernel Engineer who lives right at the boundary between hardware... ...to go deeper than anyone else. You'll hand-tune kernels to figure out what's actually... ...and hand-optimize GPU kernels for ML workloads (matmuls, attention,...SuggestedFull timeWork at officeRelocation package$285k - $315k
SF Tensor is looking for a Founding GPU Kernel Engineer in San Francisco, specializing in GPU architecture and kernel optimization for machine learning... ...ideal candidate has deep expertise, proven capabilities in hand-optimizing performance-critical kernels, and strong...SuggestedFull timeRelocation package$167.2k - $209k
...DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Engineer 2 to play a key technical... ...at the inference engine and GPU kernel layers, ensuring our infrastructure... ...AMD MI355X - identify and tune AITER's CK (composable kernel... .... Optimization Expert: Hands-on experience with attention-...SuggestedLocal areaRemote workWorldwideFlexible hours- 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...Suggested
$180k - $280k
...tier investors. Since mid-2024, we've been engineering the foundation for what comes after the... .... About the role We're looking for a GPU kernel engineer with deep, low-level CUDA expertise... ...inference / training kernels Have hands-on LLM training experience (real, not at...SuggestedWork at officeVisa sponsorshipShift work- 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 GPU kernels and using advanced techniques to boost computation efficiency. Ideal...
$100k - $120k
...workloads grow, we need kernel‑level innovations to... .... You will join Coda's founding team to architect and optimize... ...of kernel and system engineers focused on performance-... ...CPU (AVX/ARM NEON), GPU (CUDA/ROCm), and hardware... ...into distributed ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch...- ...scale. You will own token processing at the kernel level, optimize perf, and design parallelism... ...production. You will work with state-of-the-art engines, profiling tools, and advanced GPU techniques while collaborating with a hands-on team in a fast-paced SF office...Work at office
$285k - $315k
...portable. We are building a Kernel Optimizer that... ...partnering with researchers, engineers, and organizations who... ...Role We're hiring a Founding GPU Compiler Engineer to build... ...Work closely with ML researchers to understand... ..., ROCm, or equivalent) Hands‑on experience with at least...Full timeWork at officeRelocation package- ...You’ll write and optimize the GPU kernels and supporting systems... ...actually use. We hire kernel engineers because the gap between "this... ...kernel libraries, compilers, or ML frameworks Experience with multiple... ...IF You haven’t gotten your hands dirty at the kernel level:...Shift work
- ...worldwide.We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and... ...PositionAs a Senior Systems GPU Engineer - AI &... ...alongside research, SW/ HW/ ML engineering, regulatory... ...: Development of Linux kernel internals, device drivers... ...parameter-efficient fine-tuning and quantization and...Local areaWorldwideFlexible hours
- ...unicorn founders and senior engineers with deep expertise in 3D, generative... ...Role We're looking for a Founding Engineer, ML Inference with deep... ...torch.compile, custom CUDA kernels, and specialized inference frameworks... ...Working knowledge of GPU hardware (NVIDIA) and the ability...RelocationVisa sponsorshipRelocation package
$285k - $315k
San Francisco Tensor Company is looking for a Founding GPU Compiler Engineer to be instrumental in building the core compilation infrastructure for AI... ...software efficiency and collaborate closely with ML researchers. The position is located in San Francisco and offers...$130k - $200k
Join us to apply for the Founding Engineer (Systems + ML) role at Partcl . Get AI-powered advice on this job... ...Develop and optimize GPU‑accelerated engines (C++/CUDA) for timing... ...end‑to‑end pipelines: high‑performance kernels, efficient file IO, training models,...Full time- ...help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products... ...engineers to lead our GPU Networking efforts,... ...You will implement and tune the networking layers necessary... ...behaviors. Optimize Kernels: You will work with... ...Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled...Full timeFlexible hours
- ...possible in video generation.We're seeking a GPU Performance Engineer to squeeze every last FLOP from our H10... ...10x speedups. From writing custom CUDA kernels to eliminating cold start latency, you'... ..., and GPU utilizationCollaborate with ML engineers to optimize model...
$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 experience...$300k
...GPU Optimisation Engineer — Real-Time Inference Want to push GPU performance to its... ...lost: memory hierarchy, kernel launch overhead, occupancy limits... ...and scheduling Writing and tuning custom CUDA / Triton kernels... ...-ready inference This is hands-on optimisation work across...RelocationVisa sponsorshipFree visa- Magic is hiring a Kernel Engineer in San Francisco to design, implement, and optimize high-performance kernels for long-context training and... ...extensive testing, and quality. Experience with AI accelerators and GPU kernel frameworks is essential; visa sponsorship is available...Visa sponsorship
- Luminal is hiring a Founding Compiler Engineer for an on-site role in downtown San Francisco. You will help shape the core compiler, implement CUDA kernels, and review model performance to accelerate AI pipelines. As a founding team member, you will contribute to production...
- ...management and are assembling a founding team of ambitious... ...looking for a Founding Engineer & CTO to be the... ...and ship production AI/ML systems, including Gen... ...leadership role. Deep hands-on experience with modern... ...databases, embeddings, fine-tuning, and prompt engineering...Flexible hours
- ...easier to ship secure code. Founding Engineer We’re looking for founding engineers... ...up your sleeves and get your hands dirty to deliver whatever is... .... Design and implement ML/AI architectures that can interpret... ..., operating systems, kernels, drivers, networking protocols...Weekend work
$500 per month
...small team of ~10 engineers, former US military... ..., computer vision, ML inference, controls... ...accumulates across CPU, GPU, memory, and I/O;... ...and optimize kernels for high-throughput... ...latency execution Tune memory access patterns... ...Erick Brito went from Founding Robotics Engineer...Permanent employmentWork at officeMonday to FridayFlexible hoursNight shiftWeekend work- Founding Engineer, Applied Research About Backbone Care should be paid for the moment it’s delivered... .../MS in Math & CS from Stanford and led ML infrastructure at Sequoia-backed Kumo AI... ...across model behavior, prompting, fine-tuning, retrieval, structured reasoning, verification...Internship
$315k
...growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working... ...AI systems. About the Role As a TPU Kernel Engineer, you'll be responsible for identifying... ...performance issues across many different ML systems, including research, training,...Contract workFor contractorsFor subcontractorWork at officeRelocationVisa sponsorshipWork visaFlexible hours- ...looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build scalable infrastructure... ...large‑scale training and fine-tuning of foundation models. You will... ...training systems and optimize GPU utilization while... ...over 5 years of experience in ML infrastructure and a strong background...
- ...We’ve rolled out with a handful of large contracts... ...team is a group of five engineers, embodying a ‘small but... ...founders + early stage founding engineers! All great talent... ...with building ML/Forecasting models quickly... ...frequent ask). Deeply in tune with how to run and grow...Contract work
$350k
...America (For now). Training a proprietary ML model that matches detailed patient... ...personalized across all channels. Reverse engineering legacy healthcare systems that don’t have... ...need them. We’re looking for exceptional founding engineers to help us realize this ambition...Contract workNight shift- ...research sites and have a handful of sponsor customers.... ...an AI‑focused Software Engineer at Double Blind Bio,... ...applications Genuine depth in AI/ML systems—you understand... ...engineering, fine‑tuning, or similar) Product‑... ...early‑stage startups or founding teams Deep expertise in...Worldwide
$250k
...provider building a next-generation GPU platform designed for AI... ...Senior / Staff Site Reliability Engineer to support and scale large-scale... ...working closely with platform, ML, and infrastructure teams to improve... ...using Python, Go, or Bash Hands-on experience with public cloud...Full timeRemote work
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