Senior Software Engineer, AI Tools - On-Device Generative AI Model Optimization
Qualcomm
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$231,362 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $176k versus about $191k for comparable roles.
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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
Qualcomm currently has 623 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $148,300–$222,500 across 603 roles with salary data.
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As a Sr Software Engineer, AI Tools – AI/ML Compiler, you will join the Machine Learning Engineering team to develop and implement cutting-edge tools for state-of-the-art AI solutions. You will be responsible for implementing ONNX graph optimization passes, including pattern matching, dead code elimination, op fusion, and layout transforms. Your daily work involves writing match logic to identify subgraph shapes, performing rewrites that preserve metadata like quantization information, and developing unit tests using IR-level diff checks and ONNX Runtime to validate transformations. You will utilize Python in large, typed codebases while working with graph algorithms such as DFS/BFS and topological sort. The role focuses on the technical challenge of optimizing machine learning models for deployment by navigating complex compiler engineering practices, operator semantics, and model quantization within an AI compiler framework.
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