CareerPlan

Distinguished Engineer, End-to-End Scaling Performance Architecture

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$320k2026-07-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define long-term performance strategy for scaling accelerated computing systems from single processors to multi-die, multi-GPU, and multi-node platforms, focusing on DRAM, NVLink, and chip-to-chip interconnects.

Role type

Distinguished Engineer (Strategy & Architecture)

Builds

Future generations of high-performance computing systems (AI, HPC, accelerated computing)

Domain

Hardware/Systems Architecture (High-Performance Computing, Accelerated Computing)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

System performance scaling, DRAM behavior analysis, high-bandwidth fabric design (NVLink), chip-to-chip interconnects, application-level intuition, workload characterization, performance modeling, bottleneck analysis, architecture trade-off evaluation, cross-domain opportunity identification, technical strategy formulation, executive communication, mentorship

Preferred skills

Product roadmap shaping, quantitative bottleneck understanding, end-to-end performance improvement delivery

Technologies

DRAM, NVLink, C2C interconnects, GPUs, CPUs, software stacks

Responsibilities

Define multi-generation strategy for application scaling; Translate application behavior into architectural requirements and investment priorities; Evaluate system-level trade-offs across bandwidth, latency, topology, power, and cost; Establish workload scenarios and decision frameworks; Identify architectural discontinuities and emerging technology opportunities; Mentor system performance architects and build technical communities.

Seniority

Distinguished, Strategy & Mentorship