Hybrid AI Software Development Engineer

at Intel Corporation

• Job title: AI Software Development Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $170,500 - $240,710 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Folsom, United States

About the role

• AI Software Development Engineer optimizing AI inference workloads including Large Language Models on Intel GPUs. Involves graph compilation, runtime execution, and kernel optimization.

Responsibilities

• Optimize emerging AI inference workloads such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and Diffusion models on GPUs
• Develop and optimize graph-based compilation flows (e.g., MLIR/LLVM) for neural network workloads
• Write and tune performance-critical GPU kernels and runtime code in C++ or parallel programming languages
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks across compiler, runtime, and kernel layers
• Profile, benchmark, and characterize AI workloads to validate performance gains
• Collaborate with hardware, driver, and framework teams on hardware/software co-optimization

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, OR Master's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong C++ development and debugging skills
• Solid understanding of GPU architectures or AI accelerators
• Hands-on experience with modern neural network architecture for inference on hardware accelerators
• Preferred: PhD and 1+ years of relevant experience
• Familiarity with OpenVINO or other AI inference frameworks
• Knowledge of neural network optimization techniques and performance tradeoffs
• Experience across multiple layers of the AI software stack, including AI inference engines or runtimes, graph compilers (e.g., MLIR/LLVM), GPU kernels or performance critical compute code
• Performance profiling and workload analysis

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Stock bonuses
• Health insurance
• Retirement
• Vacation