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Lead Software Engineer, Kernels

MatX · Mountain View · On-site

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About MatX

We make the best chips physically possible for the large model needs of frontier labs.

About the role

Manage, mentor, and build a team of highly specialized kernel engineers and software developers Design and optimize kernels that interface directly with our hardware

What they're looking for

  • 2+ years of engineering team management experience
  • 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
  • Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent degree
  • Experience optimizing software for specialized hardware, employing techniques such as parallelism, SIMD programming, C, assembly-level optimization, or GPU/CUDA programming
  • Language: at least one of assembly, C++, C, Zig, or Rust
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage escalations, and align stakeholders around infrastructure decisions
More about this role

MatX is on a mission to be the compute platform for AGI. We are developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems including hardware and software to train and run the largest ML workloads for AGI.

We are seeking a hands-on engineering TLM to lead the Kernel team. You will manage, mentor, and grow a team of kernel engineers while setting technical direction and executing. At the same time, you will be an active coding contributor by designing and implementing high-performance compute kernels for specialized AI hardware.

You will partner with the ML team to maximize output and improve diagnostic tools, and collaborate with hardware to co-design next-generation AI architectures.

Manage, mentor, and build a team of highly specialized kernel engineers and software developers

Design and optimize kernels that interface directly with our hardware

Work in partnership with our ML Research and Hardware Engineering teams

Provide expertise and guidance on hardware architecture from a programmer's perspective, ensuring seamless integration with the software stack

2+ years of engineering team management experience

7+ years of working directly within engineering teams...

Read the full posting on MatX's site ↗

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