The Senior Performance Architect at NVIDIA will focus on redefining AI systems through deep model-system-hardware co-design. This role involves developing high-fidelity performance models to evaluate architectural choices and ensure optimal trade-offs in future models. The architect will collaborate with diverse teams to guide decisions that enhance efficiency in production. This position is pivotal in advancing performance-driven co-design within the Generative AI evolution.

• A minimum qualification of a Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields.
• Strong background in computer architecture, roofline modeling, queuing theory and statistical performance analysis techniques.
• Solid understanding of ML fundamentals, model parallelism and inference serving techniques.
• Proficiency in Python and optionally C++ for simulator design and data analysis.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in system evaluation of AI/ML workloads or performance analysis, modeling and optimizations for AI.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch, TRT-LLM, VLLM, SGLang.

• Develop high-fidelity analytical performance models to prototype emerging algorithmic techniques and hardware optimizations.
• Prioritize features to guide future software and hardware roadmap based on detailed performance modeling and analysis.
• Model end-to-end performance impact of emerging GenAI workflows to understand future datacenter needs.
• Collaborate with diverse teams, including DL researchers, hardware architects, and software engineers.
• Define metrics, design experiments, and visualize large performance datasets to identify resource bottlenecks.

• Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.