Senior Compiler Engineer – Rust GPU at NVIDIA

Department: Engineer, Sys SW

Compensation

$152,000 – $241,500/yr

Setup: Remote
Location: California · Austin, Texas · +3
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Jul 21, 2026

Description

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Compiler Engineer to develop Rust-to-GPU compiler pipelines, custom intermediate representations, JIT and link-time optimization tooling, and safe parallel abstractions for CUDA and other GPU architectures. The role requires a computer science or related degree, at least five years of compiler, language-design, or GPU code-generation experience, deep Rust and compiler internals expertise, and strong GPU programming and software-design skills. The base salary range is 152,000 USD to 241,500 USD, with equity and benefits, and applications were accepted until July 25, 2026.

Required Skills

Rust
Compiler Internals
Rust MIR
Procedural Macros
LLVM IR
MLIR
GPU Architectures
CUDA Programming
JIT Engines
Parallel Programming

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of relevant work or research experience in compiler development, language design, or GPU code generation
Hands-on experience with compiler infrastructures, intermediate representations, and code generation
Experience building custom compiler front-ends, AST translators, or JIT engines
Preferred Qualifications: Track record contributing to the Rust compiler, Cargo tooling, or open-source Rust-to-GPU projects
Familiarity with MLIR or other extensible compiler frameworks
Deep proficiency in low-level GPU programming and modern hardware features
Experience designing domain-specific languages or tile-based programming abstractions for tensor processing