Senior Rust-to-GPU Compiler Engineer (Equity)

NVIDIA Corporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation, a leader in accelerated computing, is hiring a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance Rust-to-GPU toolchains. You will build and optimize compiler pipelines, IRs, and JIT/AOT workflows to enable safe, high-performance GPU kernels in Rust and CUDA environments.

The role emphasizes deep Rust expertise, compiler internals, and cutting-edge IR frameworks, with opportunities to influence GPU ecosystems and tooling across NVIDIA’s platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in CS/CE or related field.
• 5+ years in compiler development or GPU code generation.
• Deep expertise in Rust and Rust compiler internals.
• Experience with IRs and code generation (LLVM/MLIR).
• Strong knowledge of CUDA and GPU architectures.
• Proven debugging, profiling, and performance tuning skills.
• Ability to lead complex compiler-engineering projects.
• Excellent collaboration and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Rust-to-GPU compiler backends and Rust-native IR frameworks.
• Develop IRs and optimizers for MLIR, PTX, and LLVM.
• Support AOT, JIT, and link-time optimization workflows.
• Define safe parallel abstractions across GPU launch boundaries.
• Expose type-safe device-side abstractions for shared memory and warp operations.
• Contribute to building reusable compiler building blocks.

Skills

Rust programming

Compiler internals

GPU architectures

Parallel programming

Language design

Debugging/profiling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Ph.D.

Tools

LLVM IR

MLIR

rustc

Procedural macros

Cargo tooling

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation, a leader in accelerated computing, is hiring a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance Rust-to-GPU toolchains. You will build and optimize compiler pipelines, IRs, and JIT/AOT workflows to enable safe, high-performance GPU kernels in Rust and CUDA environments.

The role emphasizes deep Rust expertise, compiler internals, and cutting-edge IR frameworks, with opportunities to influence GPU ecosystems and tooling across NVIDIA’s platforms.