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Designworks Talent
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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GPU Performance / Kernel Engineer
Hybrid | Bellevue, WA (downtown)
Engineer, Senior and Staff (multiple roles available)
Optimize the Performance Layer Powering Next-Generation AI Infrastructure
A well-funded, rapidly growing AI infrastructure company is building a next-generation cloud platform designed to power the full lifecycle of artificial intelligence. The organization is developing a comprehensive AI infrastructure, platform, and services portfolio that supports the full spectrum of AI workloads—including large-scale compute, model training, fine-tuning, inference, and emerging agentic AI applications.
Backed by significant long-term investment, the company combines the speed, ownership, and innovation of a startup with the stability and resources of an established parent organization. Engineering teams are intentionally lean, highly collaborative, and AI-native, leveraging modern tooling and automation to build infrastructure capable of supporting the industry's most demanding AI workloads.
We're seeking
GPU Performance / Kernel Engineers to optimize the data plane powering large-scale AI workloads. This role focuses on improving GPU utilization, reducing latency, and maximizing throughput across training and inference environments by tuning kernels, identifying performance bottlenecks, and driving efficiency across the GPU fleet.
The Opportunity
This is a high-impact engineering role focused on extracting maximum performance from large-scale GPU infrastructure. You'll work at the intersection of GPU architecture, AI workloads, systems performance, and low-level optimization.
As part of a highly technical infrastructure team, you'll analyze workload behavior, optimize performance-critical code paths, and develop the techniques and tooling required to operate AI systems efficiently at scale.
This opportunity is ideal for engineers who enjoy deep technical challenges involving GPU computing, kernel optimization, distributed AI workloads, and hardware/software performance.
Compensation
Competitive base pay for Bellevue market
Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus, and long term incentives. These awards are allocated based on individual performance
U.S. based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, employees also receive per calendar year, paid holidays.
Location
Hybrid role based in the Bellevue, WA area.
Approximately three days per week in the office.
Candidates elsewhere in the U.S. who are open to relocation are encouraged to apply.
U.S. work authorization is required. Visa sponsorship is not currently available.
Why Join?
Optimize the performance layer behind one of the industry's most advanced AI infrastructure platforms.
Work directly on GPU efficiency, kernel optimization, and large-scale AI workload performance.
Solve some of the hardest challenges in AI systems engineering—maximizing utilization, minimizing latency, and scaling compute efficiently.
Join early enough to influence architecture, tooling, and performance engineering practices.
Collaborate with world-class engineers building the infrastructure powering the next generation of AI applications.
Enjoy the technical ownership and impact of a startup environment backed by significant long-term investment.
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