CareerPlan

Senior High-Performance LLM Training Engineer

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-04-08 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Optimizing NVIDIA's high-performance LLM software stack (PyTorch, JAX) for training on thousands of GPUs and shaping next-gen GPU hardware roadmaps.

Role type

Senior High-Performance LLM Training Engineer (IC)

Builds

Production-quality software for NVIDIA's deep learning platform stack (drivers to frameworks), MLPerf Training benchmark submissions, and proprietary processor/system simulators.

Domain

AI/ML Infrastructure, GPU Computing, Computer Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning & neural network training, GPU architecture fundamentals, C++, Python, CUDA, application performance analysis, system-level performance modeling, software implementation across stack layers.

Preferred skills

PhD in CS/EE/CE, experience with state-of-the-art neural networks, familiarity with DL frameworks.

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, CUDA, C++, Python, MLPerf, NVIDIA proprietary simulators.

Responsibilities

Profile and optimize AI training workloads on innovative hardware/software platforms; solve performance problems across state-of-the-art neural networks; implement key DL training workloads in simulators; build tools to automate workload analysis and optimization.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC