Senior Deep Learning Performance Architect

Nvidia
US, CA, Santa Clara / US, WA, Redmond2026-01-09onsite

About the job

NVIDIA is looking for outstanding Performance Architects with a background in performance analysis, performance modeling, and AI/deep learning to help analyze and develop the next generation of architectures that accelerate AI and high-performance computing applications.

Responsibilities

Develop innovative architectures to extend the state of the art in deep learning performance and efficiency

Analyze performance, cost and power trade-offs by developing analytical models, simulators and test suites

Understand and analyze the interplay of hardware and software architectures on future algorithms, programming models and applications

Develop, analyze, and harness groundbreaking Deep Learning frameworks, libraries, and compilers

Actively collaborate with software, product and research teams to guide the direction of deep learning HW and SW

Qualifications

Minimum

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

6+ years of meaningful work experience

Strong background in GPU or Deep Learning ASIC architecture for training and/or inference

Experience with performance modeling, architecture simulation, profiling, and analysis

Solid foundation in machine learning and deep learning

Strong programming skills in Python, C, C++

Preferred

Background with deep neural network training, inference and optimization in leading frameworks (e.g. Pytorch, JAX, TensorRT)

Experience with relevant libraries, compilers, and languages - CUDNN, CUBLAS, CUTLASS, MLIR, Triton, CUDA, OpenCL

Experience with the architecture of or workload analysis on other DL accelerators

Demonstration of self-motivation, with a knack for critical thinking and thinking outside the box