AI Compiler Tech Lead — Drive High-Performance Systems

Darwin Recruitment; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Technical Lead to drive the design and development of compiler technologies for AI workloads in San Francisco. This hands-on role blends advanced C++ engineering with architectural leadership to optimize performance across software and hardware platforms.

You will mentor engineers, own complex projects from design through deployment, and collaborate with hardware, runtime and ML teams to push computing capabilities and deliver high-performance software.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering in systems software or compilers.
• Strong C++ and understanding of data structures and software architecture.
• Experience leading complex technical projects and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of compiler infrastructure for AI workloads.
• Design and optimize compiler transformations and code generation.
• Improve performance with fusion, scheduling, memory optimizations.
• Own projects from design to testing and deployment.
• Collaborate with hardware, runtime and ML teams on system capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and conduct technical reviews.
• Drive planning and delivery across multiple teams.

Skills

8+ years exp

C++

Data structures

Software architecture

Leadership

Education

BSc/MSc in CS/CE

Tools

LLVM

MLIR

XLA

TVM

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Technical Lead to drive the design and development of compiler technologies for AI workloads in San Francisco. This hands-on role blends advanced C++ engineering with architectural leadership to optimize performance across software and hardware platforms.

You will mentor engineers, own complex projects from design through deployment, and collaborate with hardware, runtime and ML teams to push computing capabilities and deliver high-performance software.