71 gpu kernel development engineer jobs at 24 companies in California
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GPU Kernel Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$180k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Deep CUDA/GPU kernel expertise, experience building and optimizing training and inference kernels, LLM training experience, profiling and eliminating performance bottlenecks.
CUDA, CuTe DSL
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Senior GPU AI Kernel Development Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$117k-$175k/yr OnsiteFull Time
1+ YOEExperience developing and optimizing GPU kernels and drivers; strong C/C++ skills; familiarity with GPGPU APIs (CUDA/OpenCL) and graphics APIs; degree in related field with relevant software engineering experience.
C++, C, CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, DirectX, DX11, DX12, Python, PyTorch, Git
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KERNEL ENGINEER
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE4+ years GPU kernel development; hardware-level fluency; profiling; Python/C++ reading; track record of kernel-level optimizations; strong systems know-how.
CUDA, ROCm, Triton, Nsight, ncu, Python, C++, Memory bandwidth, Warp scheduling
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SR. Software Development Engineer – GPU Kernel Development
Santa Clara, California, United States
$240k-$360k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Expert C++ and Python developer experienced with GPU kernel development (HIP, CUDA, ASM), deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), compiler internals (LLVM/ROCm), and performance optimization in Linux; advanced degree preferred.
TensorFlow, PyTorch, C++, Python, HIP, CUDA, ASM, Compute Kernel (CK), CUTLASS, Triton, LLVM, ROCm, Linux
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GPU Driver Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$175k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Experience designing and implementing high-performance user/kernel drivers for Windows and Linux; proficiency in C/C++; knowledge of modern GPU APIs and compiler toolchains; BS/MS in related field preferred.
RISC-V, PCIe, Vulkan, Metal, DirectX, CUDA, SYCL, LLVM, MLIR, ISPC, GCC, C, C++, Windows, Linux
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Machine Learning Engineer, GPU Kernel and Runtime
Mountain View, California, United States
$213k-$263k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Experience developing GPU kernels and runtimes for machine learning systems; strong ML systems background and ability to work on autonomous driving software.
GPU
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Principal Engineer, CUDA UMD - GPU Kernel Scheduling
Santa Clara, California, United States
$272k-$431k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOEBS/MS in CS/EE or equivalent, strong C/C++ skills, 15+ years development experience, OS and multithreading expertise, experience with large codebases and cross-team project leadership; CUDA and kernel-mode experience preferred.
C, C++, CUDA, CUDA Graphs, CUDA APIs, Linux
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Principal Engineer, CUDA UMD - GPU Kernel Scheduling
Santa Clara, California, United States
$272k-$431k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOEBS/MS in CS/EE or equivalent experience, strong C/C++ skills, 15+ years development experience, OS interfaces and multithreading knowledge, experience with large codebases and driving cross-team projects; CUDA and kernel-mode experience preferred.
C, C++, CUDA, Linux
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GPU/AI Application System Software Engineer Intern (System Technologies and Engineering) - 2027 Summer
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteInternship
Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or related fields; requires OS, Linux kernel, architecture, GPU/CPU benchmarking, and Linux systems experience.
Linux, Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MPI, NCCL, UCX, NVSHMEM, RDMA, GPU, TPU, Cloud
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, GPU System Software
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$262k-$364k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE5+ MgmtBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; 8 years software development, 7 years embedded operating systems, 5 years design and architecture, kernel and firmware, and C or C++ experience.
C, C++
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Silicon Validation Software Engineer- GPU IP Validation and Integration
San Diego, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Develop graphics validation software and integrate it into system-level test environments; experience across graphics, video, kernels, embedded systems, and SoC software expected.
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Sr. System Development Engineer, Edge & High Performance Accelerator Servers for AI/ML
Austin or Seattle or Cupertino
$151k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years systems/software development and systems design experience; strong programming in C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby; Linux/Unix experience; experience building reliable, scalable automation, diagnostics, and CI/CD for server fleets.
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Linux, Linux kernel, CI/CD, BMC/IPMI, PCIe, NVMe, GPU, ARM, x86
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Embedded Linux Engineer
Seattle or Costa Mesa
$166k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
U.S. Person required. Experience with Linux kernel development, board bring-up (device trees, bootloaders, kernel drivers), uboot/EDK2, triaging and patching vulnerabilities, C or Rust, and interest in Nix/NixOS instead of Yocto/buildroot.
Linux kernel, uboot, EDK2, Nix, NixOS, Yocto, buildroot, C, Rust, CUDA, C++, Python, Go, Haskell
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Senior Lead Engineer, Software (Firmware) 2
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEBachelors in Engineering, 6+ years C/C++ and embedded systems experience, hardware bring-up, low-level driver development, Linux kernel and device driver expertise, strong analytical skills.
C, C++, PCIe, USB, DDR, MIPI, Ethernet, Linux Kernel, BIOS, BMC, Secure Boot, IOMMU, CUDA, ROCm
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Research Scientist / Engineer – Performance Optimization
Redwood City, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Expert GPU/CPU/accelerator optimization with Triton/CUDA, strong PyTorch and kernel development, profiling tools experience, deep transformer knowledge, and distributed deployment skills.
Triton, CUDA, PyTorch, NVIDIA Nsight, torch profiler, torch.compile, TensorRT, ONNX, XLA
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Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Linux
San Francisco, California, United States
$180k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years professional software engineering experience; proficiency in Rust, C, or C++; Linux kernel development, board bring-up, bootloader/uboot/EDK2/UEFI experience, networking knowledge, and strong communication and mentoring skills.
Rust, C, C++, Linux kernel, uboot, EDK2, UEFI, CUDA, Nvidia Jeston Platform
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Principal Systems Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$260k-$340k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years designing core infrastructure at hyperscale or in HPC, with Linux kernel, virtualization, high-performance networking, GPU optimization, R&D leadership, and a bachelor's or master's degree in a related field.
Linux kernel, KVM, QEMU, Firecracker, RoCE v2, InfiniBand, RDMA, SR-IOV, Kubernetes, Slurm, NVIDIA, AMD, Linux, IETF RFCs
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Software Engineer, Sensor Platform
Mountain View, California, United States
$132k-$165k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOE2+ years industry experience in robotics or autonomous systems; proficiency in C++ and embedded/real-time systems; familiarity with Linux kernel and device drivers; degree in CS/EE or related; strong communication and collaboration skills.
C++, Linux kernel, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, Nvidia GPUs, IP, TCP, UDP, Nuro Driver
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Member of Technical Staff - Research Engineer
San Francisco or Freiburg im Breisgau
$180k-$290k/yr HybridFull Time
Deep experience with large-scale training systems, PyTorch, distributed training, GPU profiling and performance, low-precision/quantization work, kernel-level optimizations, and debugging distributed training failures.
PyTorch, Nsight Systems, Nsight Compute, torch profiler, NCCL, CUDA, Triton, CuTe, CUTLASS
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Embedded Autonomy Engineer
Huntington Beach, California, United States
$130k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years embedded Linux development on custom hardware with device-tree/kernel bring-up, sensor integration, Yocto/L4T builds, proficiency in C/C++, Bash, Python, and strong hardware debugging skills.
NVIDIA Jetson, Yocto, L4T, MIPI CSI, GMSL, FPD-Link, V4L2, CUDA, TensorRT, GStreamer, DeepStream, C, C++, Bash, Python, ROS 2, Nix, NixOS, PTP, CAN, UART, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes
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