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Sciforium

GPU Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$190K - $250K/yr

About the role We are seeking a highly skilled GPU Kernel Engineer who is passionate about pushing the limits of performance on modern accelerators. In this role, you will design and optimize custom ...

Sciforium

$200 - $250/hr

About the role We are seeking a highly skilled GPU Kernel Engineer who is passionate about pushing the limits of performance on modern accelerators. In this role, you will design and optimize custom ...

Sciforium

GPU Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200 - $250/hr

About the role We are seeking a highly skilled GPU Kernel Engineer who is passionate about pushing the limits of performance on modern accelerators. In this role, you will design and optimize custom ...

TypeSafe AI

GPU Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200 - $250/hr

About the role We're looking for a GPU kernel engineer with deep, low-level CUDA expertise to make our training and inference faster and more efficient. You'll write and optimize custom kernels ...

Coda Robotics

GPU Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$100K - $120K/yr

Lead a team of kernel and system engineers focused on performance-critical code * Design, implement, and optimize custom compute kernels for CPU (AVX/ARM NEON), GPU (CUDA/ROCm), and hardware ...

Advanced Micro Devices

We are looking for a talented and motivated GPU kernel developer with broad and deep experience in compute and machine learning software development to deliver out of the box high performance ROCm ...

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A GPU Kernel Developer is a software engineer who specializes in writing and optimizing code (kernels) that runs on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). These professionals use parallel programming languages such as CUDA or OpenCL to develop high-performance applications for tasks like scientific computing, deep learning, and graphics rendering. Their role involves designing algorithms that efficiently utilize GPU hardware to accelerate computations, debugging code, and collaborating with other engineers to integrate GPU-accelerated solutions into software systems.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a GPU kernel developer?

To thrive as a GPU Kernel Developer, you need strong programming skills in C/C++, parallel computing concepts, and a solid understanding of GPU architectures, often supported by a degree in computer science or related fields. Familiarity with CUDA or OpenCL, GPU profiling/debugging tools, and version control systems is typically required. Analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and effective collaboration are standout soft skills for this role. These skills are essential to efficiently develop, optimize, and maintain high-performance GPU code that meets the demands of modern computational workloads.

What are some common challenges faced by GPU kernel developers when optimizing code for different hardware architectures?

GPU Kernel Developers often encounter challenges when optimizing code for various hardware architectures due to differences in memory hierarchy, instruction sets, and parallel processing capabilities. Adapting kernels to utilize device-specific features while maintaining performance portability can be complex. Developers need to carefully manage resources such as shared memory and registers, and profile their code extensively to identify bottlenecks. Close collaboration with hardware engineers and regular benchmarking across devices are essential to achieve optimal results.

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GPU Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Sciforium
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$190K - $250K/yr

Full-time

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Job description

Sciforium is an AI infrastructure company developing next-generation multimodal AI models and a proprietary, high-efficiency serving platform. Backed by multi-million-dollar funding and direct sponsorship from AMD with hands-on support from AMD engineers the team is scaling rapidly to build the full stack powering frontier AI models and real-time applications.
About the role
We are seeking a highly skilled GPU Kernel Engineer who is passionate about pushing the limits of performance on modern accelerators. In this role, you will design and optimize custom GPU kernels that power next-generation large-scale AI systems. You will work across the hardware-software stack, from low-level kernel development to integrating optimized ops into high-level ML frameworks used for large-scale training and inference.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of GPU programming, systems engineering, and cutting-edge AI workloads, and who wants to make meaningful contributions to the efficiency and scalability of our ML platform.
Key Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and optimize custom GPU kernels using C++, PTX, CUDA, ROCm, Triton, and/or JAX Pallas.
  • Profile and optimize end-to-end performance of ML operations, with a focus on large-scale LLM training and inference.
  • Integrate low-level GPU kernels into frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, and custom internal runtimes.
  • Develop performance models, identify bottlenecks, and deliver kernel-level improvements that significantly accelerate AI workloads.
  • Collaborate with ML researchers, distributed systems engineers, and model-serving teams to optimize compute performance across the stack.
  • Work closely with hardware vendors (NVIDIA/AMD) and stay current on the latest GPU architecture capabilities and compiler/toolchain improvements.
  • Contribute to tooling, documentation, benchmarking suites, and testing frameworks to ensure correctness and performance reproducibility.

Must-Haves
  • 5+ years of industry or research experience in GPU kernel development or high-performance computing.
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Strong programming skills in C++, Python, and familiarity with ML frameworks.
  • Deep expertise in CUDA/ROCm, GPU memory models, and performance optimization strategies.
  • Hands-on experience with Triton and/or JAX Pallas for custom kernel development.
  • Strong understanding of PTX, GPU ASM, and low-level GPU execution.
  • Extensive experience writing and optimizing custom GPU kernels in C++ and PTX.
  • Proven ability to integrate low-level kernels into PyTorch, JAX, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience working with large-scale LLM workloads (training or inference).

Nice-to-Haves
  • Experience with AMD GPUs and ROCm optimization.
  • Familiarity with JAX FFI and custom ML operator development.
  • Experience with efficient model serving frameworks (e.g., vLLM, TensorRT).
  • Experience with TPUs, XLA, or similar accelerator programming environments.
  • Contributions to open-source ML systems, compilers, or GPU kernels.

Benefits include
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Daily lunch, snacks, and beverages
  • Flexible time off
  • Competitive salary and equity

Equal opportunity
Sciforium is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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