Senior Deep Learning Compiler Engineer - XLA

Nvidia
US, CA, Santa Clara / US, TX, Austin / US, TX, Remote2026-08-14remote_local

About the job

We are looking for versatile software engineers for our XLA team. NVIDIA is at the center for the AI revolution that's transforming how people live, work, and interact with technology. Come join us to build high-performance, production-grade software that's at the core of next-generation AI systems.

Responsibilities

Develop compiler optimization algorithms for deep learning workloads

Optimize inference and training performance for the JAX framework and the OpenXLA compiler on NVIDIA GPUs at scale

Craft and implement compiler optimization techniques for deep learning network graphs

Design novel graph partitioning and tensor sharding techniques for distributed training and inference

Perform performance tuning and analysis

Generate code for NVIDIA GPU backends using open-source compilers such as MLIR, LLVM and OpenAI Triton

Qualifications

Minimum

Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, related field (or equivalent experience)

4+ years of relevant work or research experience in performance analysis and compiler optimizations

Ability to work independently, define project goals and scope, and lead your own development effort adopting clean software engineering and testing practices

Excellent C/C++ programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design

Strong foundation in architecture of CPU, GPUs or other high performance hardware accelerators

Knowledge of high-performance computing and distributed programming

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a dynamic product-oriented team

Preferred

CUDA or OpenCL programming experience

Experience with XLA, TVM, MLIR, LLVM, OpenAI Triton, deep learning models and algorithms, and deep learning framework design

History of mentoring junior engineers and interns

Experience working deep learning frameworks such as JAX, PyTorch or TensorFlow

Extensive experience with CUDA or with GPUs in general

Experience with open-source compilers such as XLA, LLVM, MLIR or TVM