Principal Compiler Engineer - Lead AI Toolchain

SambaNova; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

HSA

Well-being programs

Job summary

SambaNova is seeking a Principal Compiler Engineer to lead compiler efforts, including IR and pass infrastructure, model lowering, tensor tiling, and memory management. You will influence hardware design to optimize performance and mentor senior team members while actively recruiting and interviewing.

Based in the US, the role offers a substantial base salary and equity, with the option for on-premises or cloud deployment and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent with 5–10 years of industry experience.
• Deep theoretical understanding of compiler fundamentals.
• Experience building and deploying software products.
• Experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) is a plus.
• Experience with common compiler development practices and methodologies.
• Excitement about high-performance systems engineering and performance debugging.
• Appreciation for process and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Experience with MLIR.
• Familiarity with machine learning models and frameworks.
• Familiarity with accelerated computing.
• Exposure to dataflow architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead compiler engineering through standard methodologies, enterprise product insertion and process evolution.
• Work with peers, domain experts, developers, customers, and work across the enterprise seeking optimal solutions.
• Develop, integrate, and implement products.
• Provide support for proposals in key areas aligned with core team competencies.

Skills

Compiler fundamentals

Software product development

Deep learning frameworks

Compiler development practices

Performance debugging

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in CS/CE

Tools

MLIR

Job description

SambaNova is seeking a Principal Compiler Engineer to lead compiler efforts, including IR and pass infrastructure, model lowering, tensor tiling, and memory management. You will influence hardware design to optimize performance and mentor senior team members while actively recruiting and interviewing.

Based in the US, the role offers a substantial base salary and equity, with the option for on-premises or cloud deployment and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver