Senior Performance Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
Remote
Location
Santa Clara, CAAustin, TXORWARedmond, WA
Salary
$224,000–$356,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
28 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

Nvidia currently has 1623 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Performance Engineer

As a Senior Performance Engineer on the DGX Cloud AI Efficiency Team, you will advance the performance, efficiency, and resiliency of large-scale AI workloads. You will characterize workloads, establish performance baselines, diagnose bottlenecks, and drive optimizations from investigation through deployment. Your daily responsibilities include designing rigorous performance studies, defining evaluation methodologies, and using profiling and observability to create actionable optimization plans. You will partner with deep learning engineers and GPU architects to validate improvements across compute, network, storage, and software stacks. The role requires strong programming skills in C++ and Python, a solid foundation in operating systems, computer architecture, and distributed systems, and experience with benchmarking, profiling, and optimization. You will specifically address the technical challenges of large-scale AI clusters, distributed training, and inference workloads.

What you'll do

  • Analyze end-to-end performance of large-scale AI workloads across compute, network, storage, and software stacks.
  • Design and execute rigorous performance studies to establish baselines and diagnose regressions.
  • Define performance evaluation methodologies, benchmarks, and success metrics for AI workloads.
  • Use profiling and data analysis to turn performance measurements into actionable optimization plans.
  • Partner with engineers and architects to validate and deliver performance improvements.
  • Communicate performance findings and tradeoffs to influence system and software design decisions.

What we're looking for

  • BS or higher degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 12+ years of experience in strong programming skills in C++ and Python.
  • Ability to build reliable analysis and automation workflows.
  • Solid foundation in operating systems, computer architecture, and distributed systems.
  • Experience with performance engineering, benchmarking, profiling, and optimization of complex software or systems.
  • Ability to communicate technical findings, prioritize high-impact work, and build alignment across teams.
  • Experience analyzing large-scale AI clusters or distributed training and inference workloads (preferred).
  • Experience with CUDA, GPU computing systems, and GPU performance analysis (preferred).

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