GPU and performance engineer jobs in California
119 open roles for GPU and performance engineers in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Anduril Industries, Anthropic, Cerebras, OpenAI and Zoox have the most. 2 are remote and the median advertised salary is $238K.
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- High Performance Computing Systems Engineer (HPC)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonDockerLinux
- HPC Data Center Ops EngineerSfcompute · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—PythonLinuxAWS
- Senior Platform Performance Engineer2K · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$113K - $167KSeniorUnreal Engine
- Senior Platform Performance Engineer31st Union · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$113K - $167KSeniorUnreal EngineGPU programming
- Staff Engineer, Infrastructure – HPC & AI ComputeATOMS · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$224K - $284KLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- ML Research Engineer, Performance OptimizationLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$148K - $240KDockerMachine LearningLLM
- GPU Kernel EngineerSciforium · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$190K - $250KPythonC++LLM
- Sr. Software Engineer, Kernels/CUDA (C++)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $357KSeniorC++LinuxCUDA
- Principal/Staff HPC Network EngineerSfcompute · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $280KLead and aboveLinuxKubernetesAWS
- Flight Performance EngineerNeros Technologies · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$98K - $136KPythonMATLAB
- Compute Systems Architect - Expeditionary AI/HPC Data CentersAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States · +1 more location$146K - $222KAIComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Staff Software Engineer - GPU System Software, Onboard ExecutionZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$290,000 - $322,000 a weekLead and above
- HPC Systems EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KAzurePyTorchTensorFlow
- Sr. HPC Engineer - PlatformsPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California—SeniorPythonC++Docker
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $485KRustGoC++
- GNC Performance Engineer IRelativity Space · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$106K - $160KRustPythonC++
- 2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Sensor Performance Engineer InternWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA—InternPythonSQLDSP
- Member of Technical Staff - GPU PerformanceGimlet · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$150K - $390KCUDA
- 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
- Software Engineer, TPU CompilersOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $500KHybridMachine LearningCompilers
- Senior Staff Inference Performance EngineerD Matrix · 🇺🇸Santa Clara$175K - $265KHybridLead and aboveRustPythonC++
- Product Finance Director, AI Products & GPU Investment StrategyDatabricks · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California; Sea…$201K - $308KLead and abovePythonSQLAI
- Staff AI Performance EngineerGraphcore · 🇺🇸Milpitas, California, United States—Lead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Principal Performance Architect, Flashblade//EXAPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$269K - $329KLead and aboveS3Product marketingHigh-performance computing
- Engineering Manager, ML Performance OptimizationZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$276K - $343KPyTorchCUDADistributed training
- Senior HPC Developer - RDMA NetworkingClockwork.io · 🇺🇸On Site, Palo Alto, California$150K - $230KSeniorC++Linux
- Senior HPC & GPU Infrastructure EngineerSciforium · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$150K - $220KSeniorPythonTerraformMachine Learning
- Datacenter & Agentic AI Workload Performance Optimization EngineerTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Santa Clara, California, United States; Toronto, Ontario…—RustGoPython
- Staff ML Performance Engineer, Performance ArchitectureWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$370K - $395KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningCUDA
- Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed SystemsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KRustPythonC++
- ML Algorithm Mapping and Performance Engineer, Core MLCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridPythonC++.NET
- Sr. HPC Systems Engineer (High Performance Computing)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $265KSeniorPythonDockerLinux
- Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems EngineerSpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $265KSeniorPythonDockerLinux
- GPU System Reliability Engineer LeadCowboyspace · 🇺🇸San Carlos, California$150K - $225KLead and abovePythonPower AutomateFirmware
- Software Engineer - Performance EngineeringALO · 🇺🇸Beverly Hills, California, United States$90K - $120KCI/CD
- Senior Thermal Engineer, Expeditionary AI / HPC Data CentersAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States · +1 more location$175K - $231KSeniorPythonAIMATLAB
- Systems Research Engineer Intern - GPU Programming (Summer 2027)Together AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco—InternCUDAReinforcement learningGPU programming
- Staff HPC Infrastructure EngineerVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$171K - $243KLead and abovePythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Staff AI Accelerator Performance ArchitectCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$175K - $275KLead and abovePythonC++.NET
- Performance Architect, CPU ClusterTenstorrent · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, Un…—CompilersComputer architectureRTL design
- Senior Manager, Field Performance Engineering, Energy StorageRedwood Materials · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$230K - $300KSenior
- Staff HPC Systems ArchitectLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (First St)$314K - $465KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningKubernetesPRDs
- Staff HPC Network ArchitectLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (First St)$284K - $420KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningDistributed trainingNetwork engineering
- Principal Engineer, SoC NPU ArchitectSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$242K - $377KLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Sr. Staff Power Performance ArchitectD Matrix · 🇺🇸Santa Clara$165K - $265KHybridLead and abovePython
- Software Engineer, GPU KernelsRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KPythonC++PyTorch
- Staff GPU Inference SDETCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridLead and abovePythonC++.NET
- Senior Staff Engineer, SoC NPU ArchitectSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$204K - $306KLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Senior HPC Engineer - Fleet EngineeringLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$227K - $356KHybridSeniorGoPythonDocker
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Who is hiring for GPU and performance engineer roles in California
Where GPU and performance engineer roles in California are
- 🇺🇸United States119
- 🇺🇸California119
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area94
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA10
- 🇺🇸New York, NY7
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA6
- 🇺🇸Texas5
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX3
- 🇺🇸Houston, TX2
- 🇨🇦Canada1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What GPU and performance engineer roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $235K | 56 |
| Senior | $208K | 18 |
| Lead and above | $262K | 22 |
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 and performance engineer jobs in California
- How many GPU and performance engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 119 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in California at 63 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 6 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 and performance engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (8), Sciforium (5), Zoox (5), OpenAI (5) and Anthropic (5). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote GPU and performance engineer jobs in California?
- 2 of the 119 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in California (2%) 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 and performance engineer jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $238K, based on 97 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $188K 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 and performance engineer jobs in California?
- 3 of the 119 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in California (3%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 66 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 63 companies are hiring and 6 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 and performance engineer jobs in California?
- 68 of the 119 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in California (57%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, PyTorch, Machine Learning. Employers still list 119 such roles today at 63 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do GPU and performance engineer jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Python (53%), High-performance computing (42%), CUDA (40%), C++ (38%), GPU programming (31%) of the 119 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in GPU and performance engineer jobs in California?
- Software Engineer (12), Member of Technical Staff (10), Engineering Manager (4), Performance Engineer (4), GPU Cluster Engineer (3): the most common titles among the 119 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are GPU and performance engineer jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 119 GPU and performance engineer jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 63 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 6 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $238K. 2 (2%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for GPU and performance engineer jobs in California?
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