Gem.com

Research Scientist / Engineer - Performance Optimization

Gem.com$187K — $395K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Expert-level proficiency in Triton and CUDA programming for GPU optimization
  • Strong skills in PyTorch development and custom operations
  • Experience with profiling tools such as NVIDIA Nsight and torch profiler
  • Deep understanding of transformer architectures and attention mechanisms
  • Preferred experience with compilers like torch.compile, TensorRT, and ONNX
  • Preferred experience optimizing inference workloads for latency and throughput
  • Preferred knowledge of warp-level intrinsics and advanced CUDA optimization

Responsibilities

  • Profile and optimize GPU/CPU/Accelerator code for efficiency
  • Write high-performance code using PyTorch, Triton, and CUDA
  • Develop fused kernels and leverage modern hardware features
  • Optimize model implementations for scalable, multi-node deployment
  • Build performance monitoring tools and automation
  • Research and implement optimization techniques for transformer models

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with research and engineering teams
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technology
  • Focus on maximizing performance and efficiency of AI models
  • Engagement in the latest optimization techniques
  • Hands-on experience with modern hardware platforms
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Performance Optimization team at Luma is dedicated to maximizing the efficiency and performance of our AI models. Working closely with both research and engineering teams, this group ensures that our cutting-edge multimodal models can be trained efficiently and deployed at scale while maintaining the highest quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Profile and optimize GPU/CPU/Accelerator code for maximum utilization and minimal latency
  • Write high-performance PyTorch, Triton, CUDA, deferring to custom PyTorch operations if necessary
  • Develop fused kernels and leverage tensor cores and modern hardware features for optimal hardware utilization on different hardware platforms
  • Optimize model architectures and implementations for distributed multi-node production deployment
  • Build performance monitoring and analysis tools and automation
  • Research and implement cutting-edge optimization techniques for transformer model


Experience

  • Expert-level proficiency in Triton/CUDA programming and GPU optimization
  • Strong PyTorch skills
  • Experience with PyTorch kernel development and custom operations
  • Proficiency with profiling tools (NVIDIA Nsight, torch profiler, custom tooling)
  • Deep understanding of transformer architectures and attention mechanisms
  • (Preferred) Experience with compilers/exporters such as torch.compile, TensorRT, ONNX, XLA
  • (Preferred) Experience optimizing inference workloads for latency and throughput
  • (Preferred) Experience with Triton compiler and kernel fusion techniques
  • (Preferred) Knowledge of warp-level intrinsics and advanced CUDA optimization


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Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $187,500 - $395,000 per year.

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