Senior Compiler Engineer - HPC

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NVIDIA’s HPC compiler group wants to hire a Compiler Developer to build one of the world’s most important optimizing compilers. If you want to be at the driver seat of state‑of‑the‑art compiler development for high‑performance computing, then we want you! We build C++ Standard Language Parallel Algorithms, OpenACC, and Flang with a focus on high‑level optimization for GPUs and CPUs using MLIR and LLVM.

• Solve difficult problems at the intersection of compilers, programming models, and high‑performance computing architectures.
• Implement new and future OpenACC, OpenMP, and standard language parallelism features for C++, Fortran, and Python for NVIDIA GPUs and multicore CPUs.
• Participate in the evolution of standard language parallelism for GPUs and multicore CPUs.
• Balance individual effort with teamwork throughout debugging, prototyping, and productization.
• Discuss and refine software designs and implementation strategies with peers.
• Partner with application teams to investigate interesting and meaningful compilation problems from the HPC community.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, ECE, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience developing production‑quality compilers, tools, or similar software.
• Proven understanding of compiler internals, including experience targeting auto‑parallelization and GPU targets.
• Knowledge of programming fundamentals, especially in C/C++, with a deep understanding of parallel computer architectures and optimizations.

• Direct experience with Fortran or GPU programming models.
• Experience writing code using modern C++.
• Experience with GPU‑based parallel computing.
• Familiarity with C++, Fortran, OpenACC, OpenMP, or CUDA compilation.
• A real passion for compiler development.

Base salary range is $148,000‑$235,750 USD for Level 3, and $184,000‑$287,500 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications will be accepted until October 24, 2025.

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