Senior Compiler Infrastructure Engineer - Open-Source

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 242,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Compiler Infrastructure Engineer to align internal compiler codebases with open-source ecosystems and improve developer productivity at scale.

You will reconcile downstream changes with upstream projects like LLVM/Clang/MLIR, build tooling and workflows, and apply AI-assisted approaches to boost velocity for global teams. This role shapes long-term alignment strategy across NVIDIA’s compiler stack.

Qualifications

• Experience with open-source compiler frameworks.
• Strong C++ programming skills and software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience refactoring and restructuring large codebases.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile downstream compiler codebases with open-source repos, including restructuring and upstreaming changes.
• Lead efforts to merge or retire internal code to reduce divergence from upstream projects.
• Design and build infrastructure and developer workflows to improve productivity and maintainability.

Skills

C++ programming

Open-source compiler frameworks

Large-scale codebase experience

Education

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in CS/CE or related

Tools

LLVM/Clang/MLIR

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Compiler Infrastructure Engineer to align internal compiler codebases with open-source ecosystems and improve developer productivity at scale.

You will reconcile downstream changes with upstream projects like LLVM/Clang/MLIR, build tooling and workflows, and apply AI-assisted approaches to boost velocity for global teams. This role shapes long-term alignment strategy across NVIDIA’s compiler stack.