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Member of Technical Staff, Kernels
Inception
Bay Area$200k–350kOn-site3mo ago
- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Staff
About the role
- Design and implement custom ML kernels (CUDA, CuTe, Triton) for core dLLM operations such as attention, matrix multiplication, gating, and normalization, optimized for modern GPU architectures.
- Design compute primitives to reduce memory bandwidth bottlenecks and improve kernel efficiency.
- Contribute to infrastructure stability and scalability, ensuring reproducibility, consistency across precision formats, and high utilization of compute resources.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Proficiency in CUDA, CuTe, Triton, or other GPU programming frameworks.
- Understanding of ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) from a systems perspective.
- Background in performance optimization and profiling of ML systems.
- Experience implementing low-precision formats (FP8, INT8, block floating point) or contributing to related compiler stacks (XLA, TVM).
- Familiarity with distributed training techniques (data parallel, model parallel, pipeline parallel).
- Proficiency in Python and at least one systems programming language (C++/Rust/Go).
- Experience with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience building and maintaining large-scale language models with tens of billions of parameters or more.
- Experience with distributed systems and cloud computing platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Familiarity with distributed frameworks such as PyTorch/XLA, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM.
- Prior contributions to open-source deep learning infrastructure such as PyTorch, DeepSpeed, or XLA.
Compensation
- Work with World-Class Talent: Collaborate with the inventors of diffusion models and leading AI researchers
- Shape Foundational Technology: Your decisions will influence how the next generation of AI products are built and used
- Immediate Impact: Join at the ground floor where your contributions directly shape product direction and company trajectory
- Competitive salary and equity in a rapidly growing startup
- Flexible vacation and paid time off (PTO)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k match
- Catered meals (breakfast, lunch, & dinner)
- Commuter subsidies
- A collaborative and inclusive culture
Perks & benefits
- 401k
- Vision Insurance
- Unlimited Vacation
- Paid Time Off
- Pension Matching
- Equity Compensation
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