Staff GenAI Kernel & Performance Engineer
Databricks Inc.
A leading data and AI company in San Francisco seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead kernel-level performance engineering for GenAI workloads. The role involves designing and optimizing high-performance GPU kernels, mentoring engineers, and driving performance roadmaps for low-level compute paths. Ideal candidates should have advanced experience with GPU architectures and performance optimization techniques. This position offers a competitive salary and a chance to work with a talented team focused on pushing the frontier of inference performance. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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...About The Role As a TPU Kernel Engineer, you'll be responsible for identifying and addressing performance issues across many different ML systems, including research, training... ...based Hybrid Policy Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of...PerformanceVisa sponsorship- ...Conviction. Join us 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 the cutting edge... ..., where your code directly impacts the performance of state‑of‑the‑art machine learning models....PerformanceFlexible hours
$100k - $120k
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...Company, we believe the future of AI and high-performance computing depends on rethinking the... ...universally portable. We are building a Kernel Optimizer that automatically transforms... ...AMD. We are partnering with researchers, engineers, and organizations who share our belief...PerformanceFull timeWork at officeRelocation package- ...MakerMaker, based 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 deep, low-level work to close the significant performance gap that exists in modern...Performance
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$280k
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...world. DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Engineer 2 to play a key technical role in our AI... ...ensure we can offer the industry-leading performance for our inference services. You will be... ...optimizations at the inference engine and GPU kernel layers, ensuring our infrastructure...PerformanceLocal areaRemote workWorldwideFlexible hours$315k
...group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business... .... About the Role As a TPU Kernel Engineer, you'll be responsible... ...identifying and addressing performance issues across many different... ...policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices...PerformanceContract workFor contractorsFor subcontractorWork at officeRelocationVisa sponsorshipWork visaFlexible hours- A leading AI research company in San Francisco is seeking a Systems Engineer focused on kernel optimization and AI-assisted workflows. You'll develop tooling to improve performance, debug infrastructures, and collaborate across teams to enhance production kernels. The...Performance
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- ...growing AI startup recognized as a Top 10 GenAI company by GTM Capital , founded by... ...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...PerformanceRemote jobLocal areaImmediate startRelocation package
$272k - $336k
...Senior Staff Regulatory and Compliance Systems Engineer Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted... ...systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and...PerformanceOdd jobFull timeRemote work- ...electronic devices and IT infrastructure, enabling enhanced performance and user experiences across the digital landscape. We'... ...scale applications.We are looking for a highly motivated Staff or Sr Staff engineer who will be responsible for developing tests and test...PerformanceWork experience placementWorldwide
$100k
..., ultra-long context, and inference-time compute to achieve this goal. About the role: As a Kernel Engineer, you will design, implement and maintain high-performance kernels to optimize throughput and latency during training and inference. What you might work on...PerformanceRemote jobRelocationVisa sponsorship- ...experience for our users. The Difference You Will Make: As a staff software engineer, you will lead two areas that are critical to Airbnb... ...technical quality. Optimize system availability, performance, and scalability while pushing enhancements for improved efficiency...PerformanceWork experience placementFlexible hours
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