Senior Engineer II, GPU Kernel and Performance

Responsibilities

• Kernel Engineering: Design and implement high-performance GPU kernels using Triton and CUDA C++ .
• Precision Optimization: Develop and deploy state-of-the-art quantization techniques (FP8, INT8, and experimental FP4 ) to double throughput without losing accuracy.
• Memory Magic: Optimize memory access patterns (SRAM vs. HBM3e) to eliminate bottlenecks in long-context attention mechanisms.
• Research to Production: Implement the latest architectural breakthroughs like FlashAttention-4 and TileLang directly into our production stack.

Requirements

• Low-Level Mastery: Deep understanding of GPU architectures (SMs, Warp scheduling, Tensor Cores).
• The Toolkit: Expert-level Triton or CUDA. If you've contributed to the Triton compiler or wrote custom CUDA kernels for a major LLM, we want you.
• Math Foundation: Strong grasp of linear algebra and how it maps to parallel hardware.
• Performance Obsession: A track record of optimizing kernels to achieve >80% of theoretical hardware peak performance.
• Compensation Range:
• $167,200 - $209,000
• *This is a hybrid role
• JR: 2026-7593
• #LI-Hybrid
• Why You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean
• Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.

Benefits

Additional Information

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you'll find your place here. We value winning together-while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Engineer 2 to play a key technical role in our GPU Kernel and Performance team. DigitalOcean aims to be the Inference Cloud of choice for digitally native companies and you will help ensure we can offer the industry-leading performance for our inference services. You will be responsible for the architectural decisions that maximize throughput and minimize latency for the world's most advanced large models. As an IC leader, you will act as a force multiplier for the engineering organization, solving the most complex bottlenecks in memory bandwidth and compute utilization while guiding the technical roadmap for our high-performance inference fleet.

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