Senior Rust-to-GPU Compiler Architect — Equity

NVIDIA

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 152,000 - 241,500

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Compiler Engineer to join our team driving the next generation of GPU systems programming. We are redefining how developers write high-performance GPU software by bringing the safety, expressiveness, and modern tooling of Rust to native GPU and CUDA development.

You will build cutting-edge compiler pipelines, custom intermediate representation (IR) frameworks, and JIT compilation systems that bridge host and device execution - allowing developers to write memory-safe,

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 rustc, MIR, procedural macros, and borrow-checker/lifetime model.

Responsibilities

Develop Rust-to-GPU Compiler Pipelines: Design, implement, and maintain custom compiler backends and Rust-native IR frameworks to compile Rust 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 complex ahead-of-time, just-in-time, and link-time optimization workflows for NVIDIA GPUs and host platforms.
Define Safe Parallel Abstractions: Architect compiler-enforced safety models across GPU launch boundary to prevent data races and memory errors.
Expose Next-Gen Hardware Features: Implement type-safe device-side abstractions in Rust for shared memory, barriers, atomics, and warp/cluster operations.