Staff Software Engineer, ML Compilers, TPU

Google; United States; On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance the Accelerated Linear Algebra (XLA) compiler for TPUs, enabling faster ML workloads and scalable software systems. You will own outcomes, influence stakeholders, and navigate ambiguous problems across the compiler stack and hardware co-design.

You will lead design and implementation of high-performance compiler passes, collaborate with hardware teams, and drive optimization across generations of TPU hardware for internal and cloud customers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++ or Python.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the compiler for a novel processor designed to accelerate machine learning workloads.
• Target and compile high-performance implementations of operations at distributed scale.
• Design and implement new compiler passes that extract more performance out of current and next-generation TPUs, directly impacting fleet efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with hardware designers to co-design future processors.
• Research high-level representations to effectively program large-scale, distributed, and heterogeneous systems.

Skills

C++/Python

Testing & launching

Performance analysis

Software design & architecture

Ownership & stakeholder influence

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, ML Compilers, TPU

Google

New York, NY, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++ or Python.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with state-of-the-art ML compilers and their internals, experience writing compiler optimization passes.
• Experience with debugging correctness and performance issues at all levels of the ML software stack.
• Familiarity with accelerator HW architectures (TPUs/GPUs).

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

As a part of this team, you will build the Accelerated Linear Algebra (XLA) compiler which enables Tensor Processing Unit (TPUs), Google's in-house custom designed processor, to accelerate machine learning and other scientific computing workloads for both internal Google customers and external Cloud customers.

You will need to support new workloads, optimize for new models and new characteristics, as well as support new TPU hardware across multiple generations.

In this role, you will be working on a state-of-the-art TPU compiler with opportunities to work up and down the compiler stack, as well as on end user ML models and on Hardware (HW)/Software (SW) co-design.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the compiler for a novel processor designed to accelerate machine learning workloads.
• Target and compile high-performance implementations of operations at distributed scale.
• Design and implement new compiler passes that extract more performance out of current and next-generation TPUs, directly impacting fleet efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with hardware designers to co-design future processors.
• Research high-level representations to effectively program large-scale, distributed, and heterogeneous systems.

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