Senior System Software Engineer - GPU Performance

NVIDIA; California (MO); In loco; USD 184.000 - 288.000; Tempo pieno

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Descrizione del lavoro

NVIDIA in the United States is seeking a Performance Engineer to advance the state-of-the-art in HPC libraries and multi-GPU communication. You will drive performance analysis across large clusters and study HW/SW interactions to optimize overall system efficiency.

You will characterize workloads, develop micro-benchmarks, and build tooling to visualize data, collaborating with teams across multiple time zones to push the cutting edge of GPU communications.

Competenze

• MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field with perf/HPC experience.
• 3+ years of experience with parallel programming and at least one communication runtime (MPI, NCCL, UCX, NVSHMEM).
• Experience benchmarking and triage on large-scale HPC clusters.
• Good understanding of computer architecture and systems software fundamentals.
• Implement micro-benchmarks in C/C++, read/modify code when required.
• Proficient in Python scripting; able to debug across HW/SW stack.
• Familiar with containers and orchestration: Kubernetes, SLURM, Ansible, Docker.
• Adaptability and ability to collaborate across time zones.

Mansioni

• Conduct in-depth performance characterization on large multi-GPU and multi-node clusters.
• Study interaction of libraries with HW and SW components in the stack.
• Evaluate proofs-of-concepts and trade-offs when multiple solutions exist.
• Triage and root-cause performance issues reported by customers.
• Collect performance data and build tools to visualize and analyze it.
• Collaborate with a dynamic team across multiple time zones.

Conoscenze

Parallel programming

Performance benchmarking

Systems software fundamentals

C/C++ micro-benchmarks

Python scripting

Container orchestration

HW/SW stack debugging

Formazione

MS or PhD in Computer Science

Strumenti

Kubernetes

SLURM

Ansible

Docker

Descrizione del lavoro

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars.

We are the GPU Communications Libraries and Networking team at NVIDIA. We deliver libraries like NCCL, NVSHMEM, UCX for Deep Learning and HPC. We are looking for a motivated Performance engineer to influence the roadmap of our communication libraries. The DL and HPC applications of today have a huge compute demand and run on scales which go up to tens of thousands of GPUs. The GPUs are connected with high-speed interconnects (eg. NVLink, PCIe) within a node and with high-speed networking (eg. Infiniband, Ethernet) across the nodes. Communication performance between the GPUs has a direct impact on the end-to-end application performance; and the stakes are even higher at huge scales! This is an outstanding opportunity for someone with HPC and performance background to advance the state of the art in this space. Are you ready for to contribute to the development of innovative technologies and help realize NVIDIA's vision?

What You Will Be Doing

• Conduct in-depth performance characterization and analysis on large multi-GPU and multi-node clusters.
• Study the interaction of our libraries with all HW (GPU, CPU, Networking) and SW components in the stack
• Evaluate proof-of-conspects, conduct trade-off analysis when multiple solutions are available
• Triage and root-cause performance issues reported by our customers
• Collect a lot of performance data; build tools and infrastructure to visualize and analyze the information
• Collaborate with a very dynamic team across multiple time zones

What We Need To See

• M.S. (or equivalent experience) or PhD in Computer Science, or related field with relevant performance engineering and HPC experience
• 3+ yrs of experience with parallel programming and at least one communication runtime (MPI, NCCL, UCX, NVSHMEM)
• Experience conducting performance benchmarking and triage on large scale HPC clusters
• Good understanding of computer system architecture, HW-SW interactions and operating systems principles (aka systems software fundamentals)
• Implement micro-benchmarks in C/C++, read and modify the code base when required
• Ability to debug performance issues across the entire HW/SW stack. Proficient in a scripting language, preferably Python
• Familiar with containers, cloud provisioning and scheduling tools (Kubernetes, SLURM, Ansible, Docker)
• Adaptability and passion to learn new areas and tools. Flexibility to work and communicate effectively across different teams and timezones

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Practical experience with Infiniband/Ethernet networks in areas like RDMA, topologies, congestion control
• Experience debugging network issues in large scale deployments
• Familiarity with CUDA programming and/or GPUs
• Experience with Deep Learning Frameworks such PyTorch, TensorFlow

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 7, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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