Senior Rust-to-GPU Compiler Architect (Equity Options)

NVIDIA; California (MO); On-site; USD 152,000 - 241,500; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance GPU systems programming. You will design and maintain Rust-to-GPU compiler pipelines, craft IRs, and support optimization workflows across CUDA and LLVM backends.

You will help define safe parallel abstractions, expose hardware features in Rust, and contribute to cutting-edge compiler architectures that bridge host and device execution.

Qualifications

• 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 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 advanced optimization workflows: Build tooling for diverse NVIDIA GPU targets, host platforms, and feature sets.
• Define Safe Parallel Abstractions: Architect safety models extending Rust ownership/lifetime across 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 reusable building blocks for future applications.

Skills

Rust

Compiler development

GPU code generation

Language design

Education

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

Tools

LLVM IR

MLIR

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance GPU systems programming. You will design and maintain Rust-to-GPU compiler pipelines, craft IRs, and support optimization workflows across CUDA and LLVM backends.

You will help define safe parallel abstractions, expose hardware features in Rust, and contribute to cutting-edge compiler architectures that bridge host and device execution.