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GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States
161 open roles for GPU and performance engineers in the United States as of Nov 15, 2026. Anduril Industries, Cerebras, Anthropic, OpenAI and Zoox have the most. 13 are remote and the median advertised salary is $215K.
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- ML Performance EngineerTensorwave · 🇺🇸Las Vegas, Nevada—PythonPyTorchLinux
- High Performance Computing Systems Engineer (HPC)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonDockerLinux
- Solar Asset Performance Engineer I, Operations EngineeringInvenergy · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL$80K - $95KPythonDatabricksMATLAB
- Wind Asset Performance Engineer I, Operations EngineeringInvenergy · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL$70K - $95KPythonDatabricksMATLAB
- Aerodynamics & Performance Engineer (R5732)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX, US—PythonMATLABSimulink
- HPC Data Center Ops EngineerSfcompute · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—PythonLinuxAWS
- Member of Technical Staff, Performance EngineeringPsi · 🇺🇸Boston—HybridPythonC++CUDA
- Vehicle Dynamics Quality Performance EngineerALTEN Technology USA · 🇺🇸Chelsea, Michigan, United States—MATLABDriver's licenseEnglish
- GPU Compute Partnerships & Commercial Operations ManagerNebius · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $205K
- 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
- Software Engineer, GPU InfrastructureCohere · 🇺🇸Seattle$175K - $325KRemoteGoPythonLinux
- 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
- Test Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/HPC/Gitlab/CI/CD/DockerCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KPythonDockerLinux
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/Rust/HPC/CI/CD/Git/AgileCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KRustPythonDocker
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/HashiCorp/Docker/Ansible/HPCCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KPythonDockerLinux
- 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
- Engineer - HPC PlatformXenon7 · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States—RemotePythonDockerTerraform
- 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
- HPC Systems EngineerUrsa Major · 🇺🇸Longmont, Colorado$108K - $135KPythonTerraformLinux
- Senior Staff/Principal Software Engineer - GPU System Software, Onboard ExecutionZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$339K - $455KLead and aboveC++LinuxCUDA
- Integrator Performance Engineer - Warehouse Robotics AutomationExotec · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States—PythonJavaC++
- 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 AI Performance EngineerGraphcore · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States—Lead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Senior AI Performance EngineerGraphcore · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States—SeniorPythonC++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
- HPC Cloud EngineerAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Hill AFB, UT$106K - $206KPythonTerraformKafka
- 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
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Who is hiring for GPU and performance engineer roles in the United States
Where GPU and performance engineer roles in the United States are
- 🇺🇸United States161
- 🇺🇸California119
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area95
- 🇺🇸New York, NY15
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA13
- 🇺🇸Texas12
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX9
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA6
- 🇺🇸Chicago, IL6
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom5
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What GPU and performance engineer roles in the United States pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $210K | 69 |
| Senior | $202K | 26 |
| Lead and above | $256K | 26 |
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 the United States
- How many GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States are open right now?
- There are 161 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States at 87 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 13 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 the United States?
- Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (9), Cerebras (6), Nebius (5), Sciforium (5) and Zoox (5). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States?
- 13 of the 161 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States (8%) 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 the United States pay?
- The median advertised salary is $215K, based on 122 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $185K and $292K. 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 the United States?
- 3 of the 161 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States (2%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 89 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 87 companies are hiring and 13 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 the United States?
- 79 of the 161 open GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States (49%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, PyTorch, Machine Learning. Employers still list 161 such roles today at 87 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States ask for?
- Most often Python (59%), High-performance computing (40%), C++ (35%), CUDA (34%), Linux (30%) of the 161 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States?
- Software Engineer (14), Member of Technical Staff (12), Performance Engineer (5), Engineering Manager (4), Senior Thermal Engineer (3): the most common titles among the 161 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States in demand in 2026?
- 161 GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 87 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 13 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $215K. 13 (8%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for GPU and performance engineer jobs in the United States?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
















