Samsung Semiconductor

Samsung Semiconductor

Staff Engineer, Compiler

San Jose, California, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$163k-$253kDetected 15 days ago
Distributed SystemsMachine LearningPyTorchExcelRecruitingResearch

About the role

  • Please Note: To provide the best candidate experience amidst our high application volumes, each candidate is limited to 10 applications across all open jobs within a 6-month period.
  • Advancing the World's Technology Together Our technology solutions power the tools you use every day--including smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and so much more.
  • We believe innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

  • Building or extending kernel DSLs for our hardware: taking a tile-based programming model (Triton-style), a higher-level expression (Helion-style), or a custom DSL we design, and lowering it to our ISA, our memory hierarchy, and our collective primitives.
  • taking a tile-based programming model (Triton-style), a higher-level expression (Helion-style), or a custom DSL we design, and lowering it to our ISA, our memory hierarchy, and our collective primitives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's with 10+ years, or Master's with 8+ years, or PhD's with 5+ years of industry experience.
  • 3-5+ years of industry experience in at least one of: Triton, Helion, MLIR, XLA, TVM, Inductor, IREE, CUTLASS, or a proprietary equivalent (More experienced candidates will also be considered at relevant levels).
  • Experience designing a kernel DSL or its IR from scratch, or making non-trivial language-level changes to an existing one.
  • Experience with MLIR - writing dialects, passes, or backend integration.
  • Experience with kernel autotuning, performance modeling, or cost-based compilation
  • Experience building PyTorch backends for non-CUDA accelerators (XPU, ROCm, MPS, TPU, custom).
  • Background in HPC, distributed systems, or NUMA-aware programming - anything that built intuition for non-flat memory
  • What We Offer
  • The pay range below is for all roles at this level across all US locations and functions. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.
  • This is in addition to our diverse package of benefits centered around the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. In addition to the usual Medical/Dental/Vision/401k, our inclusive rewards plan empowers our people to care for their whole selves. An investment in your future is an investment in ours.
  • Give Back With a charitable giving match and frequent opportunities to get involved, we take an active role in supporting the community.
  • Enjoy Time Away You'll start with 4+ weeks of paid time off a year, plus holidays and sick leave, to rest and recharge.
  • Care for Family Whatever family means to you, we want to support you along the way-including a stipend for fertility care or adoption, medical travel support, and virtual vet care for your fur babies.

Nice to have

  • Open-source contributions to PyTorch, Triton, Helion, LLVM/MLIR, or similar projects is a big plus.

Skills

  • Advancing the World's Technology Together
  • Join us in our passion to shape the future of computing!
  • making tensor, pipeline, expert, and sequence parallelism first-class in the compiler IR rather than bolted on at the framework layer.

Compensation

  • $163,000 - $253,000 USD

Benefits

  • This is in addition to our diverse package of benefits centered around the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones.
  • In addition to the usual Medical/Dental/Vision/401k, our inclusive rewards plan empowers our people to care for their whole selves.
  • Prioritize Emotional Wellness With on-demand apps and free confidential therapy sessions, you'll have support no matter where you are.
  • Embrace Flexibility Benefits are best when you have the space to use them.
  • That's why we facilitate a flexible environment so you can find the right balance for you.
  • Our onsite Café and gym, plus virtual classes, make it easier.

Equal opportunity

  • Employment Policy
  • Samsung Semiconductor takes pride in being an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to fostering an environment where all individuals feel valued and empowered to excel, regardless of race, religion, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, or veteran status.
  • When selecting team members, we prioritize talent and qualities such as humility, kindness, and dedication.
  • We extend comprehensive accommodations throughout our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, neurodivergent individuals, or those requiring pregnancy-related support.
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