$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
$225 - $550/hr
Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Engineer Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising ...
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$225 - $550/hr
Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Engineer Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising ...
New
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225 - $550/hr
Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Engineer Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225 - $550/hr
Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Engineer Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$225K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$200K - $550K/yr
Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$196K - $227K/yr
Magic is dedicated to building safe AGI to accelerate humanity's progress on critical issues. As a Software Engineer on the Product team, you will develop user-facing systems that leverage Magic ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$196K - $227K/yr
Magic is dedicated to building safe AGI to accelerate humanity's progress on critical issues. As a Software Engineer on the Product team, you will develop user-facing systems that leverage Magic ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. As a Software Engineer on the Pre-training Systems team, you will design and ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. As a Software Engineer on the Pre-training Systems team, you will design and ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. The Software Engineer on the RL Research & Environments team will design and ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. The Software Engineer on the RL Research & Environments team will design and ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI to accelerate humanity's progress on important problems. As a Software Engineer on the Inference & RL Systems team, you will design and operate distributed ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI to accelerate humanity's progress on important problems. As a Software Engineer on the Inference & RL Systems team, you will design and operate distributed ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. The role involves designing, building, and operating large-scale GPU ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. The role involves designing, building, and operating large-scale GPU ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on important problems. They are seeking a Member of Technical Staff to lead developer experience and data tooling for ...
Magic is on a mission to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on important problems. They are seeking a Member of Technical Staff to lead developer experience and data tooling for ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$120 - $160/hr
Requirements * Strong general software engineering skills * Thorough knowledge of the deep learning literature * Experience with pre- and post-training of LLMs * Ability to come up with and evaluate ...
San Francisco, CA ยท On-site
$120 - $160/hr
Requirements * Strong general software engineering skills * Thorough knowledge of the deep learning literature * Experience with pre- and post-training of LLMs * Ability to come up with and evaluate ...
$225K - $550K/yr
Full-time
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Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems. We believe the most promising path to safe AGI lies in automating research and code generation to improve models and solve alignment more reliably than humans can alone. Our approach combines frontier-scale pre-training, domain-specific RL, ultra-long context, and inference-time compute to achieve this goal.
About the roleAs a Kernel Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain high-performance kernels to optimize throughput and latency during training and inference.
Magic's long-context windows create distinct kernel optimization challenges around memory utilization, data movement, and sustained throughput.
What you'll work onDesign and implement kernels that support high-performance long-context behavior
Ownership of kernel design, implementation, deployment, and production reliability
Focus on robustness, extensive testing, and functional correctness, while pushing on performance
Evaluate porting Magic's compute kernels to alternative hardware options
Co-design kernels with understanding and interaction with training, inference, and RL teams
For a sample of our work, see Magic-Attention, presented at GTC 2026
Low-level programming experience targeting AI accelerators such as NVIDIA Blackwell or Google TPUs
Develop and optimize GPU kernels in frameworks such as NCCL, MSCCLPP, CUTLASS, CuTeDSL, Triton, Quack, Flash-Attention, and similar frameworks
Experience in other kernel authoring frameworks such as Pallas/Mosaic (GPU or TPU), or Mojo also maps well to the work on Magic's kernel team
Strong depth over shallow breadth: for kernel engineering, we prefer candidates with deep expertise in computer architecture, low-level machine optimizations, and code generation, with breadth across ML
Agility, ownership mindset, and grit
Integrity. Words and actions should be aligned
Hands-on. At Magic, everyone is building
Teamwork. We move as one team, not N individuals
Focus. Safely deploy AGI. Everything else is noise
Quality. Magic should feel like magic
Magic strives to be the place where high-potential individuals can do their best work. We value quick learning and grit just as much as skill and experience.
Compensation, benefits and perks (US)Annual salary ranges between $225K - $550K based on experience
Equity is a significant part of total compensation, in addition to salary
401(k) plan with 6% salary matching
Generous health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
Unlimited paid time off
Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring you to SF, if possible
A small, fast-paced, highly focused team