Senior AI Software Development Engineer (AI)

Location: Hybrid work model in the United States, with on-site work at an assigned Intel site. Primary location: Folsom, California; additional locations: Santa Clara, California, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Annual salary: $149,750–$275,580 USD.

Company

Intel develops hardware and software technologies for AI computing, including GPU platforms, compilers, runtimes, and AI frameworks.

What you will do

• Lead optimization initiatives for AI inference workloads on Intel GPUs.
• Define performance strategies across compilers, runtimes, GPU kernels, and AI frameworks.
• Architect software solutions that improve scalability, efficiency, and performance.
• Profile, benchmark, and analyze complex AI workloads to identify bottlenecks.
• Influence hardware and software co-design through performance characterization and workload analysis.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and mentor engineers across architecture, compiler, framework, and runtime teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field with 5+ years of experience; or a master’s degree with 3+ years; or a PhD with 1+ years.
• Experience in software development, AI systems, or performance engineering.
• Professional experience with C++ software development and debugging.
• Experience with performance analysis, profiling, and optimization of compute-intensive applications.
• Experience with modern neural network architectures and their execution on hardware accelerators.
• Ability to work in the United States under the role’s hybrid work model.

Nice to have

• Experience with GPU architectures, AI accelerators, or parallel computing systems.
• Experience optimizing production AI inference workloads.
• Familiarity with llama.cpp, vLLM, OpenVINO, PyTorch, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with MLIR, LLVM, TVM, XLA, or related graph compilation technologies.
• Experience with Vulkan Compute, OpenCL, SYCL, CUDA, HIP, quantization, kernel fusion, or memory optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with time split between an assigned Intel site and off-site work.
• Competitive salary, stock bonuses, health benefits, retirement benefits, and vacation.
• Collaboration with experts in AI, GPU architecture, compilers, runtimes, and systems software.
• Opportunities to influence next-generation AI computing technologies and mentor engineers.