CUDA Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Investigate and enhance LLM inference performance on contemporary GPUs.

• Collaborate with inference and serving frameworks like vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, or comparable systems.

• Analyze GPU execution, memory access patterns, kernel performance, and identify inference bottlenecks.

• Develop, optimize, debug, or reverse-engineer CUDA kernels and low-level GPU operations.

• Explore optimization methodologies for matrix multiplication, attention mechanisms, and neural network layers.

• Conduct performance benchmarking and pinpoint opportunities to enhance latency, throughput, and GPU utilization.

• Engage in technically demanding AI systems and high-performance computing challenges.

• Collaborate with international product teams through MWDN, a global IT outstaffing company.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with CUDA and GPU programming.

• Profound understanding of GPU architecture, memory hierarchy, parallel execution, and performance optimization.

• Experience in LLM inference, AI systems, GPU kernels, or high-performance computing.

• Familiarity with one or more of vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, Triton, or FlashAttention.

• Proven experience in debugging complex performance challenges and investigating low-level system behaviors.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Capability to convey complex technical concepts in English.

• PhD or research experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Architecture, or a related discipline (preferred).

• Publications, research projects, or significant contributions to open-source GPU/LLM infrastructure (preferred).

• Experience with PyTorch internals, distributed inference, quantization, KV cache optimization, or custom GPU kernels (preferred).

• Contributions to vLLM, SGLang, Triton, FlashAttention, or similar repositories (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Security through thorough client vetting and dependable, timely payments.

• Career support and assistance in discovering new opportunities.

• Legal guidance regarding independent contractor or sole proprietorship status, taxes, and related processes.

• English language courses.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Team-building activities.

• People-centric management with minimal bureaucracy.

• Supportive company culture.

• Flexible working hours.

• 29 days of paid time off (18 working days per year plus all national holidays).

• 10 paid recovery days.

• Comprehensive financial and legal support for independent contractors.

• Complimentary English classes with native speakers or Ukrainian instructors.

• Dedicated HR support.