AI Performance Engineer - New Grad

SambaNova • San Jose, CA

1d • $131,200 - $196,800

About The Position

SambaNova is hiring a new graduate AI Performance Engineer for its AI Performance team. The team brings up and optimizes foundation models, including DeepSeek, Llama, Qwen, and GPT OSS, on SambaNova’s dataflow platform. It profiles and tunes models across compiler, runtime, and hardware layers to improve inference throughput and latency. In this role, you will bring up open-source models on the SambaNova stack, profile model execution, identify bottlenecks, and apply optimizations such as quantization, kernel fusion, and improved scheduling in collaboration with compiler, runtime, and hardware teams.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python or C++.
• Understanding of algorithms, data structures, and numerical computing.
• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
• Experience with inference frameworks such as vLLM, TensorRT, or SGLang.
• GPU programming experience with CUDA or Triton.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with LLM training or inference.
• Familiarity with quantization, graph optimization, kernel fusion, or model partitioning.
• Knowledge of memory hierarchy, caching, and scheduling for large model execution.
• Internship or research experience in ML systems or performance optimization.
• Publications or open-source contributions in ML systems.

Responsibilities

• Bring up new foundation models on the SambaNova platform using its software stack.
• Profile model performance across compiler, runtime, and hardware layers.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose dataflow or scheduling optimizations for single-node and distributed systems.
• Apply techniques from recent research in quantization, scheduling, and memory optimization.
• Benchmark throughput and latency and track performance changes across releases.
• Work with machine learning, compiler, runtime, and hardware teams to ship performance improvements into SambaNova products.

Benefits

• Equity and benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package.
• 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance.
• 77% premium coverage for dependent medical insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• Dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, basic life, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance plans.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for health care, limited purpose, and dependent care.
• Headspace subscription.
• Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms.
• One Medical membership.
• Counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level