Performance Analysis Engineer (ML Accelerator)

Location

Location: San Jose, on-site

Salary

$150K – $275K per year plus significant equity

Company

hirify.global builds hardware for frontier intelligence, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency focused on inference workloads.

What you will do

• Lead design and architecture of a performance analysis suite including data collection, processing pipelines, analysis engines, and user interfaces.
• Develop methods to capture performance data from custom ML accelerator hardware via drivers or other mechanisms.
• Implement tracing for host-side API calls and system-level events related to workloads.
• Design techniques to correlate performance events across CPU, device drivers, PCIe bus, multiple accelerators, and hosts with precise time synchronization.
• Build analysis modules to identify key performance bottlenecks and develop intuitive visualizations to communicate findings.
• Collaborate closely with hardware architects, firmware, driver, compiler, and ML engineers to define tool requirements and provide expert guidance.

Requirements

• Location: Must work on-site in San Jose
• Strong proficiency in C++ or Rust; Python is a plus.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture, memory hierarchies, and PCIe interconnects.
• Proven experience in low-level performance analysis and profiling on complex hardware systems.
• Experience with performance analysis tools like NVIDIA Nsight, Intel VTune, perf, or similar.
• Experience working close to hardware, including reading performance counters or interacting with device drivers.

Nice to have

• Experience developing performance analysis or debugging tools.
• Experience with ML accelerator architectures (GPUs, TPUs).
• Kernel-mode driver development experience (Linux or Windows).
• Knowledge of compiler internals and optimization.
• In-depth knowledge of PCIe protocol and analysis tools.
• Experience with multi-chip or multi-host accelerator systems.
• Firmware or embedded systems development experience.
• Experience with hardware description languages or hardware verification.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with generous coverage and $500/month credit for waiving medical benefits.
• Housing subsidy of $2,000/month for those living near the office.
• Relocation support for candidates moving to San Jose (Santana Row).
• Wellness benefits including fitness and mental health support.
• Daily lunch and dinner provided in the office.
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification.