Remote MAX Kernel Engineering Lead

Modular Inc; Los Altos (CA); Hybrid; USD 255,000 - 383,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSU grants

World-class benefits

Team building events

Job summary

Modular in the United States (Los Altos, CA) is seeking an Engineering Manager for the MAX Kernel team to lead ~12 kernel engineers and own the kernel roadmap, delivering per-model per-hardware performance improvements across NVIDIA, AMD and ASIC targets.

You will partner with Framework, Serve, Compiler/Runtime and Hardware Enablement teams, mentor engineers, drive hiring and career growth, and help grow a kernel engineering community across Modular and Qualcomm.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as an engineering manager leading kernel, compiler, HPC or ML performance teams.
• Strong cross-functional communication with tech leads and leadership.
• Track record of hiring and growing senior kernel or performance engineers.
• Working knowledge of GPU/accelerator kernels (CUDA, HIP/ROCm, Triton or similar).
• Deep understanding of profiling, benchmarking and roofline analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, coach and grow a team of ~12 kernel engineers across NVIDIA, AMD and ASICs.
• Own the MAX kernel roadmap and delivery, matching or beating open-source kernels.
• Support portable kernel architecture and reusable building blocks with tech leads.
• Partner with Framework, Serve, Compiler/Runtime and Hardware Enablement teams.
• Advance AI-assisted kernel development and grow the kernel engineering community.

Skills

Kernel engineering

GPU kernel

Cross-functional collaboration

Performance optimization

Tools

Mojo

TileTensor

TensorEngine

TileIO

MegaFFN

Attention family

Job description

Modular in the United States (Los Altos, CA) is seeking an Engineering Manager for the MAX Kernel team to lead ~12 kernel engineers and own the kernel roadmap, delivering per-model per-hardware performance improvements across NVIDIA, AMD and ASIC targets.

You will partner with Framework, Serve, Compiler/Runtime and Hardware Enablement teams, mentor engineers, drive hiring and career growth, and help grow a kernel engineering community across Modular and Qualcomm.