Senior GPU Performance Software Engineer - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 5 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves driving performance analysis, SW/HW co-design, and architecture evaluation for GPU-based AI systems.
What you'll do
- Analyze AI workloads on current and future GPU-based systems to identify performance bottlenecks and optimization opportunities across the software stack.
- Develop performance studies, benchmarks, and software prototypes to assess architectural tradeoffs and estimate the impact of future hardware capabilities.
- Investigate system-level performance across single-GPU, multi-GPU, and rack-scale environments, including communication, synchronization, memory, and workload distribution effects.
- Participate in pre-silicon architecture evaluation and post-silicon performance validation, driving improvements across hardware and software teams.
What you'll need
- Software development experience in C/C++ with a focus on performance-sensitive systems.
- Understanding of computer architecture, performance analysis, and optimization techniques.
- Experience with GPU architectures and GPU software stacks, including programming models, runtimes, drivers, firmware, or performance tools.
- Experience with distributed and multi-GPU systems, including communication and synchronization technologies such as RCCL, MPI, or similar frameworks.
- Experience using profiling, debugging, and tracing tools to analyze complex software and system performance issues.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with AI/ML workloads, GPU kernel development, or AI inference frameworks.
Skills: GPU Performance Software, AI systems, SW/HW co-design, GPU architectures, AI workloads
This role has been open 3 days — well below the 56-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · GPU Software Stack
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Open roles in category
238
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (238 roles · 19 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 54 | 238 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 404 | 6047 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 59 d | 56 d (+3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: GPU Performance Software, AI systems, SW/HW co-design, GPU architectures, AI workloads
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 124 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD (this employer) · 56 open roles · median 58 d
- Qualcomm · 19 open roles · median 168 d
- Intel Corporation · 15 open roles · median 1 d
- Arm Holdings · 5 open roles · median 106 d
- d-Matrix · 2 open roles · median 114 d
How we counted: 238 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (GPU Software Stack) roles from 19 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.