GPU Backend Compiler Engineer - Equity Eligible

NVIDIA; California; On-site; USD 152,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Backend Compiler Engineer for its GPU Software group. You will modify and extend a high-performance GPU compiler backend in C++, contributing new passes and optimizations to deliver top-tier code generation for graphics and compute workloads.

You will collaborate with global teams across compiler, hardware, and applications, shaping deep-learning compiler technology and supporting architectures from PTX to MIR. A strong C++ foundation and LLVM experience are essential.

Qualifications

• B.S. or degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of compiler code generation experience
• Excellent hands-on C++ programming skills
• Strong background in software engineering principles with a focus on crafting robust and maintainable solutions to challenging problems
• Good communication and documentation skills and self-motivated

Responsibilities

• Understand, modify, and improve an NVIDIA proprietary GPU compiler backend written in C++
• Design and develop new compiler passes and optimizations to produce best-in-class, robust, supportable compiler and tools
• Work with global compiler, hardware and application teams to oversee improvements and problem resolutions
• Be part of a team that is at the center of deep-learning compiler technology spanning architecture design and support through functional languages

Skills

C++ programming

Compiler engineering

Software engineering

Communication skills

Education

B.S. in Computer Science / Engineering

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

LLVM

GlobalISel

TableGen

LLVM IR

Machine IR (MIR)

CUDA

DirectX/OpenGL/Vulkan

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Backend Compiler Engineer for its GPU Software group. You will modify and extend a high-performance GPU compiler backend in C++, contributing new passes and optimizations to deliver top-tier code generation for graphics and compute workloads.

You will collaborate with global teams across compiler, hardware, and applications, shaping deep-learning compiler technology and supporting architectures from PTX to MIR. A strong C++ foundation and LLVM experience are essential.