GPU Driver and Graphics Performance Engineer (C++/3D Graphics)

Location: Hybrid role based at an hirify.global site in Hillsboro, Oregon, Folsom, California, or Santa Clara, California, with time split between on-site and off-site work.

Annual salary: $111,030–$181,940 USD.

Company

hirify.global designs and manufactures silicon products, including data center CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators for high-performance computing and visual cloud computing.

What you will do

• Improve 3D graphics performance of hirify.global GPUs on the Windows platform.
• Analyze AAA games, including pre-release titles, to identify optimization opportunities on shipping and pre-production hardware.
• Optimize driver and shader performance for graphics rendering.
• Drive industry features through deployment and improve the user experience.
• Develop internal tools and performance analysis capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-geo and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 1 year of relevant professional experience, or a master’s degree in one of these fields with 0 years of relevant professional experience.
• C++ programming with a solid understanding of object-oriented design principles.
• Experience with at least one modern 3D graphics API, such as DirectX, Vulkan, or OpenGL.
• Understanding of 3D graphics pipelines, rendering techniques, and GPU architecture.
• Experience with software debugging, performance optimization, and resolving complex technical issues.

Nice to have

• Software development for 3D graphics rendering applications or drivers and/or performance optimization.
• GPU hardware performance bottleneck analysis and performance optimization.
• Shader development and performance optimization using HLSL, CUDA, LLVM, SPIR-V, or similar technologies.
• Development in Python and performance data analysis.
• Familiarity with revision control tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, cross-geo, cross-functional work environment.
• Competitive pay and stock bonuses.
• Health, retirement, and vacation benefits.
• Hybrid work model combining on-site and off-site work.