CUDA Engineering Expert

Position: CUDA Engineering Expert

Type: Hourly Contract

Compensation: $80–$100/hour

Location: Remote

About the Chance

This opportunity is for experienced GPU Performance Engineers, CUDA Developers, and GPU Kernel Optimization Specialists interested in contributing to advanced AI research and evaluation projects.

The role focuses on analyzing, optimizing, and evaluating GPU kernels across contemporary hardware architectures. You'll leverage your expertise in CUDA, C++17, GPU profiling, and performance optimization to improve computational efficiency and help advance next-generation AI systems.

This is a contract-based opportunity for professionals passionate about maximizing GPU performance and hardware utilization.

Responsibilities

- Analyze and optimize GPU kernels for performance, efficiency, scalability, and hardware utilization .
- Use profiler metrics such as L2 cache hit rate, occupancy, memory throughput, warp efficiency, and related performance indicators to guide optimization decisions.
- Identify bottlenecks in GPU kernel implementations and recommend performance improvements.
- Develop, review, and optimize C++17, Python, and GPU programming code .
- Apply expertise in CUDA, HIP, shader programming, or related GPU programming frameworks to improve kernel performance.
- Document optimization methodologies, profiling results, and engineering decisions with clear technical reasoning.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to evaluate and improve AI-related GPU workloads.





Required Qualifications

- Availability to work at least 20 hours per week .
- Strong proficiency in C++ (through C++17) .
- Working knowledge of Python and Git .
- Professional experience with at least one GPU programming framework, including CUDA, HIP, Slang, HLSL, GLSL, or similar technologies .
- 1+ year of professional or graduate-level research experience working with GPU programming or optimization.
- Strong understanding of GPU architecture and performance profiling techniques.
- Experience using profiler metrics to optimize GPU kernels efficiently.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to performance optimization.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with CUDA C++ Core Libraries , inline PTX assembly , or Tensor Core optimization .
- Experience optimizing kernels for NVIDIA Blackwell or other modern GPU architectures.
- Familiarity with NVIDIA Nsight Compute or similar GPU profiling tools.
- Experience working with GPU platforms from NVIDIA, AMD, Qualcomm , or related hardware vendors.
- Contributions to open-source GPU optimization or high-performance computing projects.
- Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or high-performance computing workloads.

Compensation

- Competitive compensation of $80–$100/hour.
- Weekly payments.
- Independent contractor engagement.

Application Process

1. Easy Apply on LinkedIn
2. Check Email for Next Steps
3. Participate in Resume Evaluation & Interview Stage

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