Rust-to-GPU Compiler Architect

NVIDIA; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 152,000 - 242,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance Rust-to-GPU compilation and GPU system programming. You will design and implement backends, MLIR/LLVM IR work, and JIT/AOT flows to produce safe, high-performance kernels for CUDA.

Experience with rustc internals and GPU architectures is required. You will collaborate across teams to deliver state-of-the-art compiler pipelines, safety models, and device-side abstractions, enabling leverage of NVIDIA GPUs and future hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant work or research experience in compiler development, language design, or GPU code generation.
• Deep expertise in the Rust programming language, including a strong grasp of compiler internals (rustc), Rust MIR, procedural macros, and Rust's borrow-checker/lifetime model.
• Hands-on experience with compiler infrastructures, intermediate representations (IRs), and code generation (such as LLVM IR, MLIR, or custom IR systems).
• Solid understanding of parallel programming models, GPU architectures, and CUDA programming.
• Strong software design skills, including debugging, profiling, and benchmarking compilers and GPU kernels.
• Ability to orchestrate agents for product requirement design, architecture, code development, testing, code review, and issue triage.
• Ability to work independently, define project goals and scope, and drive complex compiler-engineering efforts from research to production.

Responsibilities

• Develop Rust-to-GPU Compiler Pipelines: Design, implement, and maintain custom compiler backends and Rust-native IR frameworks to compile standard Rust directly to CUDA PTX and machine code.
• Build compiler IRs and Optimizers: Lower Rust AST and MIR into IRs including MLIR, PTX, and LLVM with GPU-specific optimizations.
• Support AIM: Work on ahead-of-time, JIT, and link-time optimization workflows for NVIDIA GPUs and host platforms.
• Define Safe Parallel Abstractions: Architect compiler-enforced safety models across the GPU launch boundary.
• Expose Next-Gen Hardware Features: Implement type-safe device-side abstractions for shared memory, barriers, and warp-level ops.
• Build the future: create building blocks to enable new applications.

Skills

Rust

Compiler development

GPU code generation

LLVM/MLIR

CUDA

Profiling

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS or related field

Tools

rustc

MLIR

LLVM IR

CUDA toolkit

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance Rust-to-GPU compilation and GPU system programming. You will design and implement backends, MLIR/LLVM IR work, and JIT/AOT flows to produce safe, high-performance kernels for CUDA.

Experience with rustc internals and GPU architectures is required. You will collaborate across teams to deliver state-of-the-art compiler pipelines, safety models, and device-side abstractions, enabling leverage of NVIDIA GPUs and future hardware.