Senior Middleware Software Development Engineer

Intel•Hillsboro, OR

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join our Communication Runtimes team as a Senior Cloud Software Development Engineer to develop cutting-edge software features and optimizations for Intel's oneCCL (Collective Communications Library). This role offers the opportunity to build expertise with the latest Intel GPUs and CPUs used in data centers, collaborate directly with scientists and engineers on the Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Labs, and make meaningful contributions that advance scientific computing and machine learning capabilities.

Requirements

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or in a STEM related field of Study
3+ years of software development experience
3+ years of Linux environment development experience
3+ years of C and C++ programming experience
Experience with multithreaded programming and parallel computing concepts
Distributed computing systems and architectures
HPC (High-Performance Computing) communications libraries
Collective communications libraries (MPI, oneCCL/NCCL, or SHMEM)
GPU software development and optimization
Network communications stack development (one or more layers)

Nice To Haves

Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or in a STEM related field of Study
Experience developing performance optimizations that measurably improve communications latency or throughput
Experience debugging complex problems across different layers of hardware and software stack
Deep understanding of high-performance computing architectures and optimization techniques
Experience with Intel GPU and CPU architectures and their optimization characteristics
Knowledge of supercomputing environments and large-scale distributed systems
Familiarity with scientific computing and machine learning communication patterns

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain advanced features and performance optimizations for oneCCL.
Optimize software to achieve performance requirements including low latency, high bandwidth, and high reliability.
Implement and enhance communication protocols across multiple layers of the communications stack.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and technical specifications.
Work directly with scientists and engineers on high-performance computing applications and supercomputer implementations.
Partner with hardware teams to optimize software-hardware integration for maximum performance.
Develop performance optimizations that improve communication latency and throughput.
Conduct comprehensive performance analysis and benchmarking across different system configurations.
Debug complex problems spanning multiple layers of hardware and software stack.