GPU Compiler Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type: Remote
Location: Austin, TXTXORCARedmond, WASanta Clara, CA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 67 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
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JOB TITLE: GPU Compiler Engineer The GPU Compiler Engineer joins the GPU Software organization's Compiler team to construct and emit high-performance GPU machine instructions for Graphics and Compute. In this role, you will understand, modify, and improve a proprietary GPU compiler backend written in C++. Your daily responsibilities include designing and developing new compiler passes and optimizations to produce robust tools and best-in-class performance. You will collaborate with global hardware and application teams to resolve problems and oversee improvements. The position requires C++ programming skills, compiler code generation experience, and software engineering principles. Notable technical expertise includes LLVM code generation, instruction scheduling, register allocation, and TableGen. This work supports complex parallel SIMT architectures and deep-learning compiler technology spanning architecture design through functional languages for CUDA, PTX, OpenCL, Fortran, and C++.

Skills

C++ LLVM CUDA Vulkan OpenGL DirectX PTX OpenCL Fortran TableGen GlobalISel LLVM IR Machine IR Instruction Scheduling Software Pipelining Register Allocation SIMT Deep Learning

What you'll do

Modify and improve a proprietary GPU compiler backend written in C++.
Design and develop new compiler passes to produce high-performance machine instructions.
Create optimizations to ensure robust and supportable compiler tools.
Oversee technical improvements and problem resolutions with hardware and application teams.
Support deep-learning compiler technology spanning architecture design to functional languages.
Generate high-performance GPU machine instructions for Graphics and Compute workloads.

What we're looking for

B.S. or degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
2+ years of compiler code generation experience.
Excellent hands-on C++ programming skills.
Strong background in software engineering principles for robust and maintainable solutions.
Good communication and documentation skills and self-motivation.
M.S./PhD. with significant compiler related project or thesis work (preferred).
Background in LLVM code generation including instruction scheduling, software pipelining, register allocation, GlobalISel, TableGen, LLVM IR, and Machine IR (MIR) (preferred).
Experience in developing CUDA, DirectX, OpenGL/Vulkan applications (preferred).