Senior Performance Compiler Engineer for AI GPUs

NVIDIA; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 184,000 - 287,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Generous benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Performance Compiler Engineer in Wisconsin to work on the open-source Triton compiler project. This role involves optimizing AI performance on NVIDIA GPUs and will require strong programming skills in C++, as well as experience with CUDA or parallel programming. The position offers competitive salaries ranging from $184,000 to $287,500, along with equity and a benefits package. Applications are welcome until May 12, 2026.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in software development.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture.
• Hands-on experience with assembly-level programming.

Responsibilities

• Investigate NVIDIA GPU hardware architecture and programming models.
• Design and implement compiler technology using MLIR to optimize high-level kernels.
• Collaborate with teams across NVIDIA for product optimization.

Skills

C++ programming

Software design

Parallel programming

Performance analysis

Debugging

Education

Bachelor, Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CUDA

OpenCL

MLIR

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Performance Compiler Engineer in Wisconsin to work on the open-source Triton compiler project. This role involves optimizing AI performance on NVIDIA GPUs and will require strong programming skills in C++, as well as experience with CUDA or parallel programming. The position offers competitive salaries ranging from $184,000 to $287,500, along with equity and a benefits package. Applications are welcome until May 12, 2026.