Kernel Performance Engineer - AI Tooling & Systems

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI research company in San Francisco is seeking a Systems Engineer focused on kernel optimization and AI-assisted workflows. You'll develop tooling to improve performance, debug infrastructures, and collaborate across teams to enhance production kernels. The ideal candidate has strong systems engineering experience and a background in performance optimization, particularly in low-level software. Join us in shaping the future of AI development while ensuring its benefits are maximized for all.

Qualifications

• Strong systems or tooling engineering experience, background in low-level software.
• Experience with developer tooling, debugging infrastructure, or workflow design.
• Depth in kernel development, accelerator architecture, or compiler systems.

Responsibilities

• Build developer tooling to optimize kernel development and performance.
• Develop observability infrastructure for AI-assisted optimization.
• Optimize production kernels through problem formulation and analysis.
• Design systems that accelerate kernel optimization and validation.

Skills

Systems engineering experience

Low-level software performance optimization

Developer tooling

Kernel development

AI-assisted systems

Job description

A leading AI research company in San Francisco is seeking a Systems Engineer focused on kernel optimization and AI-assisted workflows. You'll develop tooling to improve performance, debug infrastructures, and collaborate across teams to enhance production kernels. The ideal candidate has strong systems engineering experience and a background in performance optimization, particularly in low-level software. Join us in shaping the future of AI development while ensuring its benefits are maximized for all.