Compiler Engineer - New Grad

SambaNova Systems • San Jose, TX

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About The Position

SambaNova is hiring a new graduate Compiler Engineer to work on core areas of its compiler, including intermediate representation (IR) and pass infrastructure, model lowering and partitioning, tensor tiling, memory management, and mapping operations onto the RDU fabric. The compiler powers SambaNova’s Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU) by fusing kernels into dataflow graphs that run across the accelerator architecture, avoiding sequential kernel launches and reducing memory traffic.

The role involves writing production code in C++ and Python, debugging at a low level, and collaborating with runtime and hardware teams. Compiler and hardware design are closely linked, and the engineer will see how compiler decisions affect chip performance. Senior engineers will review code and provide mentorship as the new graduate takes on larger parts of the compiler.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in machine learning systems development, including ML compilers, LLM inference kernels, or kernel generation.
• Strong programming skills in Python and C/C++.
• Experience programming GPUs or other AI accelerators.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with ML compiler frameworks such as MLIR or StableHLO.
• Experience with LLM kernel libraries.
• Machine learning systems research experience.
• Open source project ownership or contributions.
• Experience building AI agent driven tools or automation.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize passes in the compiler’s IR and pass infrastructure.
• Lower and partition machine learning models for execution on the RDU.
• Develop tensor tiling and memory management for on-chip memory.
• Map operations onto the RDU fabric to improve model performance.
• Debug compiler and performance issues at a low level in C++ and Python.

Benefits

• Equity.
• Employee medical insurance with 95% premium coverage.
• Dependent medical insurance with 77% premium coverage.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Basic and voluntary life insurance.
• AD&D insurance.
• 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 with an Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

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