Software Engineer - Kernels

Sorry, this job was removed at 08:26 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, Jul 17, 2025
Easy Apply
Mountain View, CA
In-Office
Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Software
The 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 primarily use the Rust programming language.

Responsibilities include:

  • 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

Requirements:

  • 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

Preferences:

  • Experience implementing kernels for ML models such as Transformers
  • Experience using and implementing distributed parallelism techniques such as AllReduce, AllToAll, data parallelism, tensor parallelism.
  • Familiarity with how compilers work

Compensation

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation. Our offers allow candidates to swap cash for equity. The broad ranges for mid/senior candidates reflect greater flexibility for cash/equity swap.

  • 0-5 years of experience - $120,000 - $200,000 + equity
  • 5-10 years of experience - $120,000 -$300,000 + equity
  • 10+ years experience - $120,000 - $400,000 + equity

Benefits

  • Commuter stipend available for employees within 60 minutes of the office
  • 401(k) with contribution matching
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our team and our focus on creating an inviting and inclusive work experience, MatX is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicants capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.


MatX does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People team and any resumes submitted are deemed to be the property of MatX.

Similar Jobs

Block Logo Block

Design Director

Blockchain • eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency
In-Office or Remote
8 Locations
12000 Employees
252K-377K Annually

NinjaOne Logo NinjaOne

Enterprise Account Executive

Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Remote or Hybrid
California, USA
2000 Employees
150K-300K Annually

RapDev Logo RapDev

Senior Account Executive

Information Technology • Productivity • Professional Services • Software
Hybrid
California, USA
130 Employees
60K-150K Annually

Square Logo Square

Marketing Strategy Lead

eCommerce • Fintech • Hardware • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Remote or Hybrid
8 Locations
12000 Employees
136K-245K Annually
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
HQ: Mountain View, CA
19 Employees

What We Do

MatX designs hardware tailored for the world’s best AI models: We dedicate every transistor to maximizing performance for large models. For these models, we deliver 10× more computing power, enabling AI labs to make models an order of magnitude smarter and more useful. Our hardware would make it possible to train GPT-4 and run ChatGPT, but on the budget of a small startup.

A world with more widely available intelligence is a happier and more prosperous world—picture people of all socioeconomic levels having access to an AI staff of specialist MDs, tutors, coaches, advisors, and assistants.

Similar Companies Hiring

Scotch Thumbnail
Software • Retail • Payments • Fintech • eCommerce • Artificial Intelligence • Analytics
US
25 Employees
Milestone Systems Thumbnail
Software • Security • Other • Big Data Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • Analytics
Lake Oswego, OR
1500 Employees
Idler Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco, California
6 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account