Software Engineer, Kernel Performance & AI Tooling (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer, Kernel Performance & AI Tooling (AI): Developing kernel optimizations and AI-assisted developer tooling for next-generation AI-native silicon with an accent on hardware-software co-design and performance engineering. Focus on building observability infrastructure, optimizing production kernels, and creating automation systems to accelerate engineering velocity.

Location: San Francisco, USA. Must comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations

Salary: $266K – $445K + Equity

Company

hirify.global is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Build developer tooling and workflows to make kernel development and performance optimization faster and more scalable.
• Develop observability, diagnostics, and validation infrastructure for AI-assisted optimization systems.
• Optimize production kernels end-to-end by analyzing bottlenecks and debugging generated implementations.
• Design abstractions, interfaces, and automation systems for kernel optimization and hardware-software co-design.
• Improve AI-assisted optimization systems through better datasets, evaluations, and research infrastructure.
• Partner with research and engineering teams to implement long-term infrastructure strategies.

Requirements

• Strong systems or tooling engineering experience with a background in low-level software or performance optimization.
• Experience with developer tooling, debugging infrastructure, profiling, or observability.
• Depth in kernel development, accelerator architecture, or compiler systems.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted systems, agentic workflows, or reinforcement learning for engineering applications.
• Ability to reason deeply about performance, abstractions, and system design across software and hardware boundaries.
• Must meet legal status requirements as provided by U.S. export control laws and regulations

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience optimizing code for GPUs, high-performance CPUs, or custom accelerators.
• Interest in compilers, DSLs, program synthesis, or AI for systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build AI-native silicon and supercomputing infrastructure.
• Work in a high-impact environment pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities.
• Collaborative culture spanning research and engineering.
• Commitment to safety, diversity, and equal opportunity employment.