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Gpu Kernel Engineer Jobs in United States
67 gpu kernel engineer jobs from 26 companies hiring in United States.
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Staff GPU Kernel Engineer – AI & Deep Learning
San Jose, California, United States
HybridFull Time
0+ YOEGPU kernel development experience; AI frameworks (PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang); C++, Python; collaboration; BS/MS/PhD in CS/CE/EE.
Python, C++, CUDA, HIP, Assembly, Triton, CK, CUTLASS, PyTorch, SGLang, vLLM
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Senior Compute Kernel Architect, GPU Power
Santa Clara, California, United States
$184k-$357k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEMS or PhD in CS/EE/CE; 5+ years in GPU kernel development; strong CUDA/C++; GPU profiling; PDN/power-aware design; Python automation; cross-disciplinary collaboration.
CUDA, C++, Python, Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems, nvprof
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GPU Performance Engineer | Experienced Hire
New York, New York, United States
$200k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Strong CUDA kernel optimization, C/C++, GPU architecture, numerical stability, low-level systems.
CUDA, C/C++, ONNX Runtime, TensorRT, Triton, TVM
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Senior ML Accelerator Engineer - GPU
Sunnyvale or Washington or Austin or San Francisco or Warren
$129k-$261k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years of relevant experience; strong CUDA GPU programming; kernel development and performance optimization; collaboration across teams.
CUDA, NSight, CUTLASS, CuTe, GPU, Kernel development
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Software Engineer - C++ GPU Performance
Foster City or Boston or San Diego or Seattle
$168k-$239k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years experience; BS in Computer Science or related field; strong CUDA, C++, Linux; GPU performance optimization; experience with GPU kernels and performance tooling.
CUDA, Nsight, C++, Linux, TensorRT, XLA, OpenGL, RocM
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Research Engineer - AI Performance & Kernel Optimization
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Strong systems mindset; low-level performance intuition; ability to learn new systems quickly; excellent collaboration; eager to optimize performance.
PTX, CUDA, HIP, Triton, GPU kernels
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Principal ML Systems Engineer – AI for Quantum
Milpitas, California, United States
$220k-$245k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Proficient Python, PyTorch, distributed GPU training, CUDA kernel development, and ML infrastructure; experience with autonomous/agentic AI systems.
Python, PyTorch, CUDA, ROCm, Triton, NCCL, Slurm, GPU, GPU kernel development, ML infrastructure, distributed training
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Distributed Training & Performance Engineer - Vice President
New York, New York, United States
$164k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEMaster’s degree with 3+ years or Ph.D. with 1+ years in CS/physics/math/engineering; strong distributed training, GPU programming, kernel optimization; Python and C++ proficiency; experience with PyTorch/JAX.
CUDA, Triton, Nsight, PyTorch, JAX, Python, C++
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Principal Systems Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$260k-$340k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years designing and shipping core infrastructure; strong Linux kernel, virtualization (KVM/QEMU/Firecracker), and high-performance networking expertise.
Linux kernel, KVM/QEMU/Firecracker, RoCE v2, InfiniBand, NVIDIA GPUs, AMD GPUs, Kubernetes, Slurm, SR-IOV, RDMA, GPU scheduling, memory management, container orchestration
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Software Engineer, Hardware Enablement
United Kingdom or Norway or United States
£115k-£140k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in high-performance computing or compiler engineering; proficient in C++ and heterogeneous programming models (CUDA/OpenCL/SYCL); experience with GPU kernels, ML frameworks (PyTorch at C++ level), and porting to new hardware.
CUDA, OpenCL, SYCL, C++, PyTorch (C++), Mojo, MLIR, LLVM
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ML Framework (MetalLM) Engineer, Graphics, Game and ML
California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years in C/C++/ObjC; GPU kernel development with Metal/CUDA; distributed training/inference; system programming and architecture.
Metal, CUDA, CuTE, CuTile, Triton, OpenXLA, LLVM
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Principal Software Engineer - AI and Simulation
Sunnyvale or Austin
$280k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOELead embedded AI and simulation development; GPU orchestration, on-device AI, and real-time robotics performance.
C/C++, Linux, Kernel development, HAL, Graphics, GPU programming, Embedded systems, Runtime systems, AI/ML deployment
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Senior Engineer, AI Systems
San Jose, California, United States
$138k-$206k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor’s with 5+ years or Master’s with 3+ years or PhD with 0+ years; strong Triton kernel development; LLM fundamentals; accelerator hardware knowledge; Python and systems programming; experience with hardware–software co-design or compiler optimization.
Triton, CUDA, Python, GPUs, accelerator_hardware, compilers
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AI System Research and Development Engineer - Optimization
Bellevue or Menlo Park
$200k-$288k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOEDesign and optimize GPU kernels for LLM training/inference; develop scalable DL systems; profile/benchmark; reduce latency; contribute to agentic frameworks.
PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, CUDA, CUTLASS, Triton, cuDNN, nvprof, Nsight
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Software Engineer III, ML Infrastructure, AI and Infrastructure
Mountain View, California, United States
$147k-$211k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent; 2y Python/C++; 1y ML infra; 1y low-level programming; HPC experience; preferred MS/PhD; 2y data structures/algorithms; GPU/TPU kernels; compilers.
Python, C++, GPU programming, TPU kernels, Compilers, HPC
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System Software Engineer, Graphics & Camera Pipeline
San Jose or Bellevue
$200k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in system software/graphics/camera pipelines with Linux/Android system level experience. Strong driver/kernel knowledge; OpenGL/Vulkan/CUDA experience; real-time imaging focus.
OpenGL, Vulkan, CUDA, Linux, Android, AOSP, DMA, GPU interop, kernel, drivers
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Embedded Software Engineer - Platform
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$135k-$228k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's or Master's in a technical field with 3-5 years experience; strong C/C++ for embedded systems; embedded Linux; hardware interfaces; debugging; teamwork.
C/C++, Embedded Linux, GDB, JTAG, Cross-compilation, Kernel, Device drivers, User space applications, i2c, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet, CAN, Python, bash scripting, NVIDIA Jetson, CUDA, TensorRT
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Member of Technical Staff, ML Kernels
Santa Clara or Boston
OnsiteFull Time
Design, optimize, and benchmark high-performance ML kernels for GPUs; strong CUDA and C++; profiling and debugging experience; independent problem solving.
CUDA, Nsight, nvprof, C++, GPU
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High Performance Computing Software Engineer - Supercomputing
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$150k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Develop and optimize software for large-scale ML workloads (1000+ GPUs); deep Linux kernel and GPU kernel knowledge; distributed libraries (NCCL, MPI, UCX, RCCL, SHARP, Libfabric); ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, MegatronLM); HPC scheduling/orchestration (Slurm, Kubernetes, Pyxis).
NCCL, RCCL, MPI, UCX, SHARP, Libfabric, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, MegatronLM, DeepSpeed, Slurm, Kubernetes
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Senior Embedded Systems & Hardware-in-the-Loop Engineer
Laurel, Maryland, United States
$105k-$290k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBS in computer/electrical engineering or computer science with 8+ years; strong C++ (real-time, multi-threading); FPGA firmware (VHDL/Verilog); embedded Linux (kernel drivers, PetaLinux/Yocto); HWIL test systems; ability to obtain Interim Secret and eventual Secret clearance; US citizenship.
C++, VHDL, Verilog, FPGA, Embedded Linux, Kernel Programming, Device Drivers, PetaLinux, Yocto, CUDA, OpenCV, GStreamer, MATLAB, Python
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Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Cyber
San Diego, California, United States
$158k-$237k/yr OnsiteFull Time
9+ YOESenior embedded software engineer with 9+ years in C/C++, embedded Linux, RTOS, cryptography, secure networking, and hardware integration; requires active U.S. security clearance.
C, C++, Embedded Linux, Linux kernel, RTOS, U-Boot, GRUB, TLS, IPsec, AES, RSA, ECDSA, ECDH, OpenCL, CUDA, SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, Ethernet, SpaceWire
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AI Software Engineer: Intelligent Data Infrastructure (San Jose, CA, US, 95128)
San Jose or Boulder or Pittsburgh or Raleigh
$131k-$195k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in software development; strong Golang, Python, C/C++; Linux kernel, file systems, distributed systems; AI/ML infra knowledge.
Golang, Python, C/C++, Linux, Kubernetes, GPU computing, Distributed systems, Storage systems
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AI Software Engineer: Intelligent Data Infrastructure (San Jose, CA, US, 95128)
San Jose or Boulder or Pittsburgh or Raleigh
$131k-$195k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software development; expert in Golang, Python, C/C++; Linux kernel and distributed systems; AI/ML infra familiarity; strong problem solving and collaboration.
Golang, Python, C/C++, Linux, Kubernetes, GPU
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Expert Software Engineer — Rapid System Prototyping & Integration
Santa Rosa or Santa Clara
$143k-$238k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBS/MS/PhD in CS/EE/CE; 8+ years in system integration and software/firmware for high-speed data streaming; proficient in modern C++ and embedded Linux; strong problem-solving and collaboration.
C++, Linux, Kernel Drivers, DPDK, RDMA, PCIe, FPGA, GPU, SmartNIC, CUDA, GPUDirect, Memory Management, Networking
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Expert Software Engineer — Rapid System Prototyping & Integration
Santa Rosa, California, United States
$143k-$238k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBS/MS/PhD in CS/EE/CE; 8+ years system integration and software/firmware development; strong C++ and embedded Linux; experience with high-speed data streaming, Ethernet, PCIe, and FPGA/IP integration.
Modern C++, Embedded Linux, Kernel drivers, Memory-mapped I/O, DPDK, RDMA/RoCE, PCIe, SmartNIC/DPU, SystemVerilog/VHDL, FPGA, Linux, GPU programming, DMA, Ethernet 100G/200G/400G, Python, CI/CD
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Software Engineer Intern - Kernels
Burlingame, California, United States
OnsiteAll Commitments Available
0+ YOEPursuing CS/EE degree; strong C/C++ and Python; understanding of computer architecture; problem solving; clear communication.
C, C++, Python, CUDA, DSP, NEON, Triton
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Senior Embedded Linux Software Platform Engineer – ROS2 Robotics
Arvada, Colorado, United States
$100k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in build systems, cross-compilation, containerization, and Linux configuration; ROS2; NVIDIA Jetson/CUDA; CI/CD; embedded Linux.
CMake, Docker, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jetson, ROS2, L4T, Jetpack, Yocto, CUDA, kernel, systemd
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Member of Technical Staff, Kernels
San Mateo, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
BS/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering or related field; strong GPU programming (CUDA, CuTe, Triton); systems view of ML frameworks; performance optimization; low-precision formats; distributed training; Python and at least one systems language; Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
CUDA, CuTe, Triton, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Python, C++, Rust, Go, XLA, TVM
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Manager, Software Engineering-Kernels
Bangalore or Santa Clara
HybridFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years in computer engineering/math/physics with strong CS/architecture knowledge; proficient in C/C++, Python on Linux; experience with ML operators, HW accelerators, and embedded SIMD; leadership and ownership skills.
C, C++, Python, Linux, CUDA, MLIR, LLVM, TVM, Glow, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Tensilica, Hardware accelerators
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