Software Engineer - Compilers (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer - Compilers (AI): Building core execution systems that decompose and run AI workloads across heterogeneous compute with an accent on compilers, runtimes, and hardware-aware optimization. Focus on translating high-level workloads into efficient execution, making tradeoffs across latency, throughput, and cost, and debugging complex production systems.

Location: Onsite in San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; San Jose, CA; or other US locations

Salary: $150,000–$300,000

Company

Well-funded Series A company rethinking AI workload execution by decoupling from specific hardware for better cost, scaling, and performance.

What you will do

• Own core execution systems from design through deployment and operation
• Develop compilers, runtimes, and execution layers for large-scale AI workloads
• Translate high-level workloads into efficient, hardware-aware execution
• Optimize performance across diverse hardware environments
• Make tradeoffs across latency, throughput, and cost
• Debug and improve behavior in complex production systems

Requirements

• Strong systems fundamentals in compilers, runtimes, or low-level infrastructure
• Experience with performance-critical or execution-layer systems
• Evidence of owning and shipping complex technical work
• Ability to reason about tradeoffs and system behavior
• Comfort in ambiguous, evolving problem spaces

Culture & Benefits

• Serious engineering environment with debated technical decisions
• Early-stage with real ownership to shape fundamental architecture
• Direct impact on AI performance and cost savings
• Work on critical path of AI execution across heterogeneous compute