Senior Software Engineer – GPU Kernel Authoring & Optimization

About this role

CoreWeave is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – GPU Kernel Authoring & Optimization to join their AI Compute & Systems Software team. This role involves cutting-edge work in AI acceleration and semiconductor technologies. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in their area of specialization and a passion for pushing the boundaries of hardware and software co-design.

What you’ll do

• Build and optimize kernels, compilers, runtimes or firmware for AI accelerators
• Profile and remove performance bottlenecks across the hardware/software stack
• Integrate with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX or Triton

Required silicon / compute stack

• C/C++
• CUDA
• LLVM / MLIR
• Triton
• PyTorch
• Kernels & Runtimes

Requirements

• Strong C/C++ and systems programming skills
• Experience with CUDA, accelerator programming, compilers (LLVM/MLIR) or low-level drivers
• Understanding of computer architecture and parallel performance optimization

Typical for this role category. See the employer’s official posting for the exact requirements.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave is a specialized cloud provider delivering large-scale GPU infrastructure purpose-built for AI training and inference workloads.