Staff Software Engineer - GenAI Performance and Kernel

Posted

DatabricksSan Francisco, Californiafull-timestaff

$190,900 USD

Tech Stack

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, implementation, benchmarking, and maintenance of core compute kernels optimized for various hardware backends (GPU, accelerators)
  • Drive the performance roadmap for kernel-level improvements including vectorization, tensorization, tiling, fusion, mixed precision, sparsity, quantization, memory reuse, scheduling, and auto-tuning
  • Integrate kernel optimizations with higher-level ML systems and build/maintain profiling, instrumentation, and verification tooling
  • Lead performance investigations and root-cause analysis on inference bottlenecks
  • Mentor and guide other engineers on lower-level performance, provide code reviews, and help set best practices

Benefits

  • Equity

Culture

Inclusive HiringDiverse LeadershipWork-Life Balance

Requirements

Required: BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, or a related field
Regions: Us

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About Databricks
Industry: data
Size: enterprise

Databricks is the data and AI company, providing a Data Intelligence Platform used by over 10,000 organizations worldwide to unify and democratize data, analytics, and AI.

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Compensation
Base salary: $190,900 USD
Equity: eligibility for equity
Bonus: annual performance bonus