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CPU Optimization Engineer

NVIDIA Shanghai senior full-time

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Description

NVIDIA is seeking a highly skilled and motivated CPU Optimization Engineer to join our Compute Developer Technology (Devtech) team.

In this role, you'll research, design, and implement performance optimization strategies across a broad range of workloads,including AI data preprocessing, scientific and HPC applications, and emerging data-intensive computing domains,on NVIDIA Grace/Vera CPUs.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with developers, researchers, and framework maintainers across industries to identify and resolve performance challenges in diverse workloads such as AI, data analytics, simulation, and numerical computing.
  • Profile, analyze, and optimize CPU performance from application-level algorithms down to low-level microarchitecture.
  • Contribute to open-source frameworks, key software stacks, reference implementations, and performance libraries to unlock full CPU potential.
  • Work closely with NVIDIA's architecture, research, libraries, tools, and system software teams to improve our overall platform performance.
  • Provide insights that shape next-generation CPU designs, compiler toolchains, and development workflows for better developer productivity and throughput.

Requirements

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in performance engineering or CPU optimization.
  • Strong programming proficiency in C/C++ and/or Python, with a deep understanding of algorithms and software architecture.
  • Solid grasp of CPU microarchitecture, performance analysis tools, and optimization methodologies.
  • Proven track record of CPU benchmarking and bottleneck-driven performance tuning.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and manage multiple priorities.

Nice to Have

  • Experience optimizing AI or data preprocessing pipelines on CPUs.
  • Familiarity with HPC applications, parallel computing, and distributed runtime environments.
  • Hands-on experience with SIMD instruction sets, low-level intrinsics, or vectorization.
  • Contributions to open-source performance tools or HPC frameworks.

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and a great company culture.

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Skills

Required

  • C/C++
  • Python
  • CPU optimization
  • performance engineering
  • algorithms
  • software architecture
  • CPU microarchitecture
  • performance analysis tools

Nice to have

  • AI data preprocessing
  • HPC applications
  • parallel computing
  • distributed runtime environments
  • SIMD instruction sets
  • low-level intrinsics
  • vectorization
  • open-source performance tools
  • HPC frameworks
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