# Backend Compiler Engineer - New College Grad 2026

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Location**: Santa Clara, CA
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA is seeking a Backend Compiler Engineer to join their team. The successful candidate will work on constructing and emitting high-performance GPU machine instructions for Graphics and Compute.

Responsibilities:

- Investigate problems or improvement opportunities within the NVIDIA Compiler Back End

- Work with global compiler, hardware, and application teams to oversee improvements and problem resolutions

- Be part of a team that is at the center of deep-learning compiler technology

Requirements:

- Recent graduate with a Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

- Successful completion of an undergraduate Compiler Design class

- Background in LLVM code generation

- Strong writing and oral skills

- Strong coding skills with C/C++

Preferred qualifications:

- Specialization in Compiler Design and Construction

- Hands-on experience with backend compiler design and code generation

- Background in LLVM code generation including instruction scheduling, software pipelining, register allocation, GlobalISel, TableGen, LLVM IR, and Machine IR (MIR)

- Experience with GPU and parallel architectures, CUDA, PTX, OpenGL, DX, or Vulkan

## Skills

### Required
- C/C++
- LLVM code generation
- Compiler Design

### Nice to have
- GPU and parallel architectures
- CUDA
- PTX
- OpenGL
- DX
- Vulkan
- instruction scheduling
- software pipelining
- register allocation
- GlobalISel
- TableGen
- LLVM IR
- Machine IR (MIR)

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