Senior LLM Systems Performance Engineer (Hybrid-friendly)

Samsungsemiconductor; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4+ weeks of paid time off

Flexible work environment

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Samsung Semiconductor is looking for a Senior LLM Systems Performance Engineer in San Jose, CA. You will be responsible for building representative AI environments and conducting performance analysis for next-generation AI platforms.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in performance engineering, a deep understanding of LLM systems, and proficiency in Python and C++. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from $138,000 to $206,000.

Qualifications

• Experience with performance engineering in AI systems.
• Hands-on experience profiling and optimizing AI workloads.
• Strong understanding of LLM inference systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate AI environments including agentic workflows.
• Analyze system bottlenecks across compute and memory resources.
• Collaborate with teams for performance analysis and architecture exploration.

Skills

Performance engineering

AI systems

Distributed systems

High-performance computing

Python

C++

Education

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

B.S with 5+ years of experience

Tools

Nsight Systems

Nsight Compute

AI frameworks like PyTorch

Job description

Samsung Semiconductor is looking for a Senior LLM Systems Performance Engineer in San Jose, CA. You will be responsible for building representative AI environments and conducting performance analysis for next-generation AI platforms.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in performance engineering, a deep understanding of LLM systems, and proficiency in Python and C++. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from $138,000 to $206,000.