Hiring: Senior Software Engineer, CUTLASS Performance Company: NVIDIA Location: Hillsboro, OR Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 17:59:08 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: CUTLASS, GPU Kernels, Deep Learning, Performance Optimization, Python, C++, Computer Architecture, Tensor Cores, GEMM, PyTorch, JAX, vLLM, TRT-LLM, Benchmarking Experience: - Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) - 3+ years of relevant industry experience Required Skills: - Strong programming skills in Python and C++ - Experience in software performance analysis and optimization - Deep understanding of computer architecture and familiarity with GPUs or similar parallel processing architectures Qualifications: - Benchmark the performance of state-of-the-art deep learning models' inference and training passes to identify key GPU kernel and fusion opportunities - Identify gaps between theoretical and realized performance, and suggest software improvements or model adjustments to resolve them - Develop tooling to automate the benchmarking, analysis, and performance optimization loop to push the limit of CUTLASS kernel performance within DL networks - Be the authoritative resource on kernel performance in the team and engage with teams across NVIDIA including GPU architecture, DL frameworks, and QA as the performance representative for the CUTLASS team - Deep understanding of state-of-the-art DL model architectures - Hands-on experience with performance benchmarking of DL frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, SGLang, vLLM, TRT-LLM, or others - Experience in developing performance models and performance regression systems Compensation: - Base salary range: 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3 - Base salary range: 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4 - Eligible for equity and benefits Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!