CareerPlan

Machine Learning Systems & Performance Engineer - HFT - Sydney

Sydney, New South Wales, AUFull-time2026-10-19 → 2026-11-10

Core

Build high-performance machine learning infrastructure spanning compilers, runtimes, optimizers, and heterogeneous hardware to accelerate research and production workloads.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning systems and performance engineer (HFT)

Builds

Optimizers, code generators, runtime libraries, computation orchestration systems, and ML framework infrastructure

Domain

High-frequency trading (HFT) / Machine Learning Infrastructure / Systems Programming

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

C++, Rust, Python, MLIR, CUDA, compiler development, code generation, heterogeneous computing, performance profiling, system architecture

Preferred skills

Experience with distributed systems, low-level hardware optimization, rapid research iteration

Technologies

C++, Rust, Python, MLIR, CUDA, compilers, heterogeneous hardware

Responsibilities

Designing and developing machine learning framework infrastructure; Optimizing runtimes and compute pipelines for maximum hardware performance; Building tooling that accelerates research iteration; Profiling and analyzing hardware behavior to identify performance bottlenecks; Improving hot paths and extracting maximum performance from available hardware; Evaluating technical approaches and selecting the right language or tool for each problem

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC