🇺🇸GPU programming jobs in California
130 open roles mentioning GPU programming in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Nuro, Inferact, Sciforium, Cerebras and CoreWeave have the most. 4 are remote and the median advertised salary is $246K.
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Job titles in GPU programming roles in California
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- Senior Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KSeniorC++CUDAROS
- Principal Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLead and aboveC++Machine LearningLinux
- Senior Platform Performance Engineer31st Union · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$113K - $167KSeniorUnreal EngineGPU programming
- GPU Kernel EngineerSciforium · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$190K - $250KPythonC++LLM
- Sr. Software Engineer, Training/Inference (C++)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $357KSeniorRustC++LLM
- Sr. Software Engineer, Kernels/CUDA (C++)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $357KSeniorC++LinuxCUDA
- Principal Software Engineer, ML & Media InfraPinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; US; San Francisco, CA, US$285K - $450KLead and abovePythonJavaC++
- Sr. HPC Engineer - PlatformsPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California—SeniorPythonC++Docker
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $485KRustGoC++
- Staff Graphics Engineer - VR Teleoperation1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$175K - $215KLead and aboveC++Unreal EngineOpenGL
- Senior Simulation Software Engineer - Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$163K - $225KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI RuntimeDatabricks · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California$229K - $343KLead and aboveAIDistributed trainingServerless
- Senior Staff/Principal Software Engineer - GPU System Software, Onboard ExecutionZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$339K - $455KLead and aboveC++LinuxCUDA
- AI Performance Engineer - New GradSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, Unite…$131K - $197KJuniorPythonC++Machine Learning
- Research Engineer - RL InfrastructurePrimeIntellect · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PyTorchCUDALangChain
- Software Engineer, ML Training OptimizationZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$177K - $270KPythonC++PyTorch
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Training OptimizationZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$254K - $350KLead and abovePythonC++PyTorch
- Machine Learning Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer: Training Clusters & Inference CloudZyphra · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PythonDockerTerraform
- LLM Inference Systems EngineerHippocratic AI · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA—PythonC++LLM
- Senior AI Compute EngineerTrener Robotics · 🇺🇸San Jose (US-HQ)—SeniorPythonC++Machine Learning
- Engineering Manager, Inference PerformanceBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $270KHybridMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Senior Automation Engineer, ComputeCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorPythonPostgreSQLDocker
- Senior HPC & GPU Infrastructure EngineerSciforium · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$150K - $220KSeniorPythonTerraformMachine Learning
- Software Engineer - Inference PerformanceBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $360KHybridGoPythonC++
- Member of Technical Staff - Inference RuntimeModal · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $300KRustGoLinux
- Senior Perception EngineerAtomic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$220K - $260KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed EngineerInferact · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff ML Performance Engineer, Performance ArchitectureWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$370K - $395KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningCUDA
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product ML InfrastructurePinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US$245K - $429KLead and abovePythonJavaC++
- LLM Inference Engineer (Mid, Sr, Staff)Hippocratic AI · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA—Lead and abovePythonC++LLM
- Staff Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together CloudTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$260K - $300KLead and aboveGoTerraformGCP
- Staff Software Engineer, Inference APICerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridLead and aboveRustGoPython
- GPU System Reliability Engineer LeadCowboyspace · 🇺🇸San Carlos, California$150K - $225KLead and abovePythonPower AutomateFirmware
- Systems Research Engineer Intern - GPU Programming (Summer 2027)Together AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco—InternCUDAReinforcement learningGPU programming
- Inference Engineering, Co-opInferact · 🇺🇸San Francisco—InternRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Image/ML Compute ArchitectureMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$232K - $261KSeniorPythonC++PyTorch
- Principal Engineer, SoC NPU ArchitectSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$242K - $377KLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Software Engineer, GPU KernelsRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KPythonC++PyTorch
- Software Engineer, Inference SystemsRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KRustPythonC++
- Staff GPU Inference SDETCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridLead and abovePythonC++.NET
- Director of Product, EcosystemSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$243K - $297KLead and aboveLLMPyTorchKubernetes
- Engineering Manager, Object Storage Data PlaneCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$182K - $242KRustGoPerformance management
- Senior Staff Engineer, SoC NPU ArchitectSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$204K - $306KLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Software Engineer (Ray Core)Anyscale · 🇺🇸San Francisco$215K - $265KC++GCPAzure
- Technical Product Marketing Manager - Public CloudLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (First St)$180K - $240KHybridMachine LearningPyTorchKubernetes
- Research Engineer - Model Evaluation & MLOpsSciforium · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$155K - $200KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Software Engineer, Video StreamingNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$160K - $240KC++CNetwork engineering
- Senior Software Engineer, Devices PlatformNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$160K - $241KSeniorC++Machine LearningLinux
- Senior Software Engineer, Sensor PlatformNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$160K - $241KSeniorC++Machine LearningLinux
- Software Engineer, Sensor PlatformNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$132K - $165KC++LinuxHardware interfaces
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Who is hiring for GPU programming roles in California
What GPU programming roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $250K | 52 |
| Senior | $206K | 22 |
| Lead and above | $278K | 28 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about GPU programming jobs in California
- How many GPU programming jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 130 open GPU programming jobs in California at 56 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 3 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most GPU programming jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Nuro (9), Sciforium (7), Inferact (7), Cerebras (6) and xAI (4). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote GPU programming jobs in California?
- 4 of the 130 open GPU programming jobs in California (3%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do GPU programming jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $246K, based on 104 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $203K and $300K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the GPU programming jobs in California?
- 6 of the 130 open GPU programming jobs in California (5%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 59 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 56 companies are hiring and 3 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing GPU programming jobs in California?
- 92 of the 130 open GPU programming jobs in California (71%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often PyTorch, Machine Learning, LLM. Employers still list 130 such roles today at 56 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do GPU programming jobs in California ask for?
- Most often GPU programming (100%), CUDA (61%), C++ (57%), Python (52%), High-performance computing (44%) of the 130 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in GPU programming jobs in California?
- Software Engineer (19), Member of Technical Staff (11), Research Engineer (7), Staff Software Engineer (7), Senior Software Engineer (6): the most common titles among the 130 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are GPU programming jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 130 GPU programming jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 56 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 3 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $246K. 4 (3%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for GPU programming jobs in California?
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