Director, GPU Compiler Engineering & Optimization

Bzpp; United States; On-site; USD 222,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Onsite lunch

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC) seeks a Director of GPU Compilers to lead a team delivering compiler software for Samsung GPUs integrated in SOCs. You will guide back-end development, optimize low-level IRs, and coordinate with architecture leads to address new hardware features and front-end changes.

The role requires deep expertise in compilers, C++/Python, and team mentorship, with strong communication to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/relevant technical field, or 13+ years of experience with a Master’s degree, or 11+ years of experience with a PhD
• 10+ years of experience managing software engineers who produced system-level software (compiler, operating systems, etc.)
• Must have an in-depth understanding of compiler back-end technology and experience building or enhancing at least 2 different compilation systems
• Sufficient experience with modern C++ and Python to read and understand code
• Practical experience developing JIT compilers or compilers for shader languages
• Knowledge of OpenGL/OpenGL-ES, OpenCL, SPIRV
• Compiler development for mobile architectures is highly preferred
• Knowledge of Android ecosystem is a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership by researching advances in compilers, software engineering, graphics, and related disciplines, and translating them into improvements to the compiler back end through prototyping, open-source contributions, AI-assisted tools, and supervised engineering experiments.
• Implement register allocation, instruction scheduling, graphics-specific optimizations, SIMD relevant control flow, and code placement optimizations
• Apply classic machine independent optimizations, preferably on low-level IRs
• Optimize applications to reduce execution time, memory usage, or power usage
• Lead the annual planning process for next-generation hardware support, including effort estimation and cross-functional negotiation with architecture and engineering leads.
• Present team objectives, key results, and periodic activity summaries to senior leadership.
• Coordinate and communicate regularly with peer teams, architecture leads, and senior management to align priorities and share progress.
• Hold regular one-on-one and team meetings to review status, maintain focus on priorities, and report progress up the management chain.
• Document and submit team-generated intellectual property for protection following major releases.
• Conduct annual performance reviews and deliver feedback to each team member.
• Recognize strong performance and support each engineer’s professional development through regular coaching and mentorship.

Skills

C++

Python

Team leadership

Compiler back-end

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/CE or related

Master’s in CS/CE

PhD in CS/CE

Tools

OpenGL/OpenGL-ES

OpenCL

SPIR-V

Android OS

Job description

Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC) seeks a Director of GPU Compilers to lead a team delivering compiler software for Samsung GPUs integrated in SOCs. You will guide back-end development, optimize low-level IRs, and coordinate with architecture leads to address new hardware features and front-end changes.

The role requires deep expertise in compilers, C++/Python, and team mentorship, with strong communication to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.