About the role:We are seeking a talented and experienced HPC Software Engineer to develop and optimize high-performance computing solutions for complex, computationally intensive applications.
The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in HPC environments, such as supercomputing, financial technology (FinTech), national laboratories, or hyperscale computing, with a strong preference for senior-level engineers with 7-10+ years of experience, including Principal Engineers. You must have deep technical expertise in C/C++, parallel computing, and performance engineering with strong mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. You should be passionate about solving challenging computational problems and developing high-performance solutions.
What you'll do:- Design, develop, and optimize high-performance software using C, C++, Python, and Linux-based development environments.
- Implement and optimize parallel computing algorithms for modern CPU and GPU architectures.
- Develop and optimize software by using parallel programming models and hardware acceleration technologies, including OpenMP, CUDA, SIMD, SIMT, AVX, and SVE.
- Analyze application performance, identify computational bottlenecks, and improve execution speed, memory efficiency, and scalability.
- Develop and maintain HPC applications supporting computationally intensive workloads, including physics simulations, fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics, and scientific computing.
- Improve code generation, execution efficiency, and hardware utilization by working at the systems and compiler level.
- Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues in HPC projects.
- Conduct research and experiments to drive continuous improvement and innovation in HPC architecture.
- Drive the development and implementation of new HPC features and technologies.
- Contribute to software architecture, technical design decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
Required Qualifications:- Must have strong expertise with HPC software development tools, libraries, and frameworks, including OpenMP, TBB (oneTBB), and CMake.
- Experience with HPC use cases: physics simulations, fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics.
- Expert-level proficiency in C, C++, Python, and Linux.
- Strong understanding of parallel computing concepts, concurrency, multithreading, and performance optimization.
- Strong applied experience with CPU/GPU computing architectures and optimization techniques, including CUDA, AVX, SIMD, and SIMT.
- Strong mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience developing, profiling, debugging, and optimizing computationally intensive applications.
- Hands-on experience enabling software on GPUs.
- Comfortable working across abstraction layers from architecture concepts to implementation and debugging.
- Ability to work independently on complex engineering problems and collaborate effectively with distributed teams.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex mathematical and computational requirements into efficient software solutions.
Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field.
- Senior or Principal level experience preferred: Senior - 7+ years of experience; Principal - 10+ years of experience.
- Experience with Julia, assembly language, LLVM, compiler infrastructure, or compiler optimization.
- Experience developing software for supercomputers, large-scale compute clusters, or hyperscale infrastructure.
- Proven track record of leading complex projects from concept to completion.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and effectively collaborate within cross-functional local and global teams.
- Background in scientific computing, numerical methods, computational physics, fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics, or large-scale simulations.
Compensation Range: 5+ years of experience: $165,000 - $180,000 per year (California); 7+ years of experience: $180,000 - $250,000; 10+ years of experience: $250,000 - $300,000. This range represents the anticipated base pay for this role based in California; the final offer may vary based on qualifications, experience, and location.
Benefits:- Medical, Dental, & Vision - 100% covered premiums
- Equity - Stock Options
- 401(k) match
- WFH Hardware
