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Senior AI Training Performance Architect

NVIDIA· Architect
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Santa Clara, CA$184k - $287.5kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior engineer focused on performance analysis and optimization across hardware/software stack to maximize AI training performance on state-of-the-art NVIDIA platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Understand, analyze, profile, and optimize AI training workloads on state-of-the-art hardware and software platforms.
  • Identifying performance bottlenecks of AI training on GPUs, prioritizing and then solving problems across the key AI training workloads.
  • Implement production-quality software across multiple layers of NVIDIA's deep learning platform stack, from drivers to DL frameworks.
  • Build and support NVIDIA submissions for MLPerf Training benchmarks.
  • Implement key DL training workloads in NVIDIA's proprietary processor and system simulators to enable future architecture studies.
  • Develop tools to automate workload analysis, optimization, and other critical workflows.

Qualifications

  • PhD in CS, EE or CSEE (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of relevant experience; or MS with 8+ years of experience.
  • Strong background in deep learning and neural networks, particularly in training.
  • Solid understanding of computer architecture and familiarity with GPU architecture fundamentals.
  • Proven background in analyzing and tuning application performance.
  • Proven experience with processor and system-level performance modeling.
  • Proficiency in programming with C++, Python, and CUDA.

Skills

Required:AI training performance optimizationC++PythonCUDA

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (see benefits link)
Last updated Jul 31, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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