AI Performance & Kernel Engineer for Frontier-Scale ML

Zyphra

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA plans
Competitive compensation and 401(k) plan
Relocation and immigration support
In-office snacks and meals
Unlimited PTO and company holidays
Collaborative high-energy environment

Job summary

A leading AI technology firm located in San Francisco is seeking a Research Engineer specializing in AI Performance & Kernel Optimization. The role involves enhancing the performance of large-scale AI systems, optimizing kernels, and collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates should have a strong engineering background in GPU kernel development and experience with ML workloads. Benefits include comprehensive health plans, competitive compensation, and an engaging work environment.

Qualifications

  • Experience writing highly performant GPU kernels.
  • Experience optimizing ML workloads for large-scale training.
  • Strong understanding of distributed training systems.

Responsibilities

  • Improve performance of language model training and inference stacks.
  • Optimize kernel development for ML workloads.
  • Collaborate with research and infrastructure teams.

Skills

Building reliable, high-performance systems
Low-level performance intuition
Excellent communication skills
Collaboration across teams
Performance tuning expertise

Education

Background in physics, mathematics, computer science, or electrical engineering

Tools

PTX
CUDA
HIP
Triton

Job description

A leading AI technology firm located in San Francisco is seeking a Research Engineer specializing in AI Performance & Kernel Optimization. The role involves enhancing the performance of large-scale AI systems, optimizing kernels, and collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates should have a strong engineering background in GPU kernel development and experience with ML workloads. Benefits include comprehensive health plans, competitive compensation, and an engaging work environment.
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