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Snap Inc. · 4 weeks ago

Research Engineer, Creative Vision

Los Angeles, California

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$173K/yr - $259K/yr

3+ years exp

Snap Inc. is a technology company focused on enhancing communication through innovative products. They are seeking a Research Engineer for the Creative Vision Research Team to optimize foundational models, improve training throughput, and collaborate with researchers to integrate optimized kernels into production.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Optimize large-scale foundational models to improve training throughput and inference latency across our distributed infrastructure

Contribute to model architecture, training, parallelization strategies, and low-level performance improvements

Collaborate with researchers and platform teams to integrate optimized kernels and GPU pipelines into production

Qualification

CC++Python for MLCUDAML model architecturesGPU frameworksCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

Strong proficiency in C or C++, and Python for ML

Knowledge of at least one of CUDA (preferred), OpenCL, Metal, Vulkan, or OpenGL for GPU-based compute

Understanding of ML model architectures, training workflows, and modern MLOps practices

Deep familiarity with GPU frameworks, profiling tools, and performance optimization techniques

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience

3+ years of post-Bachelor's machine learning experience; or Master's degree in a technical field + 2+ year of post-grad machine learning experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field

Hands-on experience with C++, GPU APIs, and distributed model training and inference

Preferred

Past experience in optimizing models for running on NVIDIA GPUs

Experience working with machine learning inference libraries on device (CoreML, TFLite or equivalent)

Experience with GPU APIs such as OpenCL, Metal or Vulkan

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support programs

Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success

Equity in the form of RSUs

Company

Snap Inc.

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Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.

Founded in 2011

Santa Monica, California, US

5001-10000 employees

https://careers.snap.com/

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