CareerPlan

GPU Performance Engineer | Experienced Hire

Bala Cynwyd (Philadelphia Area), PennsylvaniaFull-time2026-03-19 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Build highly optimized CUDA kernels for low-latency inference in quantitative trading workloads where off-the-shelf runtimes are insufficient.

Role type

Senior IC GPU Performance Engineer

Builds

Production-grade GPU implementations for compact neural networks, tree-based models, and structured inference workloads

Domain

Quantitative trading / High-performance computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

CUDA kernel optimization, C/C++ programming, GPU architecture knowledge (memory hierarchy, SIMT), numerical stability analysis, performance profiling

Preferred skills

PhD in quantitative field, linear algebra/probability background, experience with financial models, PTX-level tuning, familiarity with ONNX Runtime/TensorRT/Triton, knowledge of state space models (Mamba)

Technologies

CUDA, C/C++, PTX, ONNX Runtime, TensorRT, Triton, TVM, LightGBM, Mamba architectures

Responsibilities

Design and optimize custom CUDA kernels for latency-critical inference, analyze computational bottlenecks in research models, collaborate with researchers to translate math models into high-performance pipelines, profile and benchmark GPU performance, contribute to GPU architecture decisions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC