Intel
Senior AI Software Development Engineer
$150K–$276K
US, California, Folsom +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- US, California, Folsom
US, California, Santa Clara
US, Oregon, Hillsboro - Experience
- 5+ years with a Bachelor's degree, 3+ years with a Master's degree, or 1+ years with a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- The posting refers applicants to Intel U.S. Immigration Sponsorship Information but does not state a specific visa policy.
About the job
Leads development and optimization of software that accelerates AI inference workloads on Intel GPUs, coordinating across the AI software and hardware stack.
What you'll do
- Lead performance optimization initiatives for AI inference workloads on Intel GPUs across compilers, runtimes, and GPU kernels.
- Profile and benchmark AI workloads, identify bottlenecks, and inform hardware/software co-design and product direction.
- Drive cross-functional technical initiatives and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a related technical field with 5+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years, or a PhD with 1+ years.
- Experience in software development, AI systems, or performance engineering.
- C++ software development and debugging.
- Experience profiling and optimizing compute-intensive applications, and with modern neural network architectures running on hardware accelerators.
Nice to have
- Experience with GPU architectures, AI accelerators, or parallel computing; production AI inference optimization is also valued.
- Familiarity with AI inference frameworks, graph compilers, GPU programming models, neural network optimization, or open-source contributions.
Pay
$149,750.00-275,580.00 USD (annual salary)
Tools
C++, llama.cpp, vLLM, OpenVINO, PyTorch, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, MLIR
AI focus
Optimizes AI inference workloads, including LLMs, Generative AI, and emerging machine learning applications on Intel GPUs.
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