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Optiver

Machine Learning Performance Engineer

$200K

New York, New York +1 · Full-time · Posted Feb 5, 2026

Location
New York, New York
New York, New York, United States

About the job

Build and optimize deep-learning training and inference infrastructure to support futures trading strategies.

What you'll do

  • Build scalable, robust training and inference pipelines for deep learning.
  • Improve open-source deep-learning frameworks and identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with researchers and engineers and develop an in-depth understanding of trading systems.

What they ask for

  • Strong knowledge of low-level GPU programming with CUDA, including Tensor Cores, cooperative groups, graphs, and warp-level intrinsics.
  • Expertise in deep-learning framework internals, such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
  • Deep understanding of computer architecture.
  • Experience in C++ and Python.

Nice to have

  • Experience with the JAX ecosystem (XLA, Flax, etc.), GPU libraries and tools such as Triton, CUB, cuDNN, and cuBLAS, Linux system programming, or large-scale distributed training.
  • Contributions to open-source projects related to data science and machine learning.

Pay

$200,000 — $200,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

CUDA, Tensor Cores, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, C++, Python, Triton

AI focus

The role focuses on deep-learning training and inference infrastructure and performance for an AI initiative advancing futures trading strategies.

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)