Manager, Compiler Engineering – Backend GPU jobs in United States
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NVIDIA · 15 hours ago

Manager, Compiler Engineering – Backend GPU

positionUS, CA, Santa Clara
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$224K/yr - $356K/yr
date6+ years exp

NVIDIA is known as 'the AI computing company' and is seeking a technical leader/manager for their GPU software organization. The role involves providing mentorship and direction to a team of backend compiler engineers, enhancing GPU backend compilers, and collaborating with various teams to meet customer needs.

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Responsibilities

Providing supervisory mentorship and technical direction to a geographically distributed team of backend compiler development engineers, including planning, scheduling and execution of projects and activities
Understand and guide the implementation of both Nvidia’s proprietary and LLVM based backend compilers
Help maintain and enhance GPU backend JIT compilers
Collaborate closely with teams developing related components to ensure that we meet customer needs in the graphics and CUDA/C++ product areas
Establish strong relationships and trust through excellent execution and high quality of software development

Qualification

Compiler designC++ programmingTechnical leadershipPerformance analysis toolsParallel programmingML compilersVerbal communicationWritten communicationMentoring

Required

BS or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering; related field; or equivalent experience
6+ years of experience developing production compilers coupled with 3+ years of management and /or technical leadership experience
Proficient in compiler design and in performance analysis tools
Known for your strong interactive, verbal, and written communications skills
Strong hands-on C++ programming skills applied to industry standard C++ compilers and development frameworks
Track record of success in leadership and mentoring experience
Demonstrated ability to work across organizations at all levels

Preferred

Strong track-record of technical management experience
Understanding of parallel programming concepts
Knowledge and experience of ML compilers including LLVM and MLIR

Benefits

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Company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
dateFounded in 1993
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.nvidia.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.09B
Key Investors
ARPA-EARK Investment ManagementSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-05-09Grant· $5M
2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
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Leadership Team

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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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