Senior Software Engineer, CUTLASS Platform

NVIDIA

Senior Software Engineer developing core components for the CUTLASS platform in high-performance computing. Collaborating with teams on GPU architectures and contributing to compiler advancements.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $152,000 - $241,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop core components of the CUTLASS platform including Tensor Core MMAs, copies, synchronization barriers, schedulers, and other GPU hardware features in CUDA C++ and CUTLASS Python DSL.
Contribute to the advancement of the MLIR-based backend compiler stack for the CUTLASS Python DSL by designing dialects and associated compiler passes.
Author example kernels utilizing CUTLASS abstractions to showcase the use of novel GPU hardware features that are crucial for achieving high performance.
Collaborate with GPU architecture, CUDA, and NVVM/PTX compiler teams to provide feedback on programming models and to assess the performance of future GPU hardware features.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
3+ years of relevant industry experience.
Strong proficiency in C++ programming and software design, including debugging, performance evaluation, and testing.
Experience working with high-performance code generation and knowledge of compiler transformations and optimizations.
A deep understanding of computer architecture and parallel computing programming models.

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Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

CUDAC++CUTLASSPythonMLIRcompiler designperformance evaluationdebugginghigh-performance code generationparallel computing