What is GPU Kernel Development and how common is it in AI job postings?

GPU Kernel Development is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 111 active AI roles across 32 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for GPU Kernel Development?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning GPU Kernel Development are: NVIDIA (25), Amazon (17), ByteDance (8), OpenAI (6), Microsoft (4).

Is demand for GPU Kernel Development growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 55 new AI postings mentioned GPU Kernel Development. Demand is declining — down 59% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is GPU Kernel Development used?

Roles requiring GPU Kernel Development are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (77%), post-training (6%), agents (5%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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GPU Kernel Development

111 active AI roles across 32 companies mention GPU Kernel Development. Category: Infrastructure & Systems.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning GPU Kernel Development per week — 55 total over 12 weeks.

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122 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Perplexity	Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer)	AI Frontier	8	L3
Cerebras	Senior Performance Engineer, Inference	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Developer Technology Engineer - AI	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Compiler Engineer, AI Inference Platforms	Semiconductors	8	L3
Amazon	ML Kernel Performance Engineer, AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	8	L3
Amazon	Software Engineer II- AI/ML, AWS Neuron	Big Tech	8	L3
Scale AI	Machine Learning Fellow - Human Frontier Collective (UK)	Data AI	8	L2
Scale AI	Machine Learning Fellow - Human Frontier Collective (US)	Data AI	8	L2
Cerebras	Staff Kernel Optimzation Engineer	Semiconductors	8	L3
Cerebras	ML Systems Performance Engineer	Semiconductors	8	L3
Amazon	Software Development Engineer III, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	8	L4
NVIDIA	Engineering Manager - AI for RAN and 6G Wireless Systems	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	System Software Engineer - Deep Learning	Semiconductors	8	L3
Cohere	Staff Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure (HPC)	AI Frontier	8	L3
Cohere	Site Reliability Engineer, Inference Infrastructure	AI Frontier	8	L3
Cohere	Staff Software Engineer, Inference Infrastructure	AI Frontier	8	L3
NVIDIA	Principal Software Engineer – Large-Scale LLM Memory and Storage Systems	Semiconductors	8	L3
Skydio	Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning Model Acceleration	Defense	8	L3
Amazon	Software Development Engineer, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference	Big Tech	8	L3
Amazon	Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Apps	Big Tech	8	L3
Amazon	Senior Software Development Engineer, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference	Big Tech	8	L3
Amazon	Software Engineering Manager, ML Kernel Performance, AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	8	L3
Amazon	Software Development Engineer, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference	Big Tech	8	L3
Fireworks AI	Member of Technical Staff, AI Training Infrastructure	Data AI	8	L0
Together AI	LLM Inference Frameworks and Optimization Engineer	Data AI	8	L3
AMD	AI Systems Architect – GPU Software/Hardware Co-Design	Semiconductors	7	L3
Google	Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, Google Distributed Cloud, Storage	Big Tech	7	L3
Roblox	Senior Product Manager, Jobs Platform	Consumer	7	L3
AMD	Datacenter and AI Infrastructure Silicon Performance Architect	Semiconductors	7	L3
Amazon	ML Accelerator Performance Validation Engineer, Post Silicon Validation	Big Tech	7	L3

Frequently asked questions

What is GPU Kernel Development and how common is it in AI job postings?
GPU Kernel Development is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 111 active AI roles across 32 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for GPU Kernel Development?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning GPU Kernel Development are: NVIDIA (25), Amazon (17), ByteDance (8), OpenAI (6), Microsoft (4).
Is demand for GPU Kernel Development growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 55 new AI postings mentioned GPU Kernel Development. Demand is declining — down 59% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is GPU Kernel Development used?
Roles requiring GPU Kernel Development are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (77%), post-training (6%), agents (5%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

GPU Kernel Development

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GPU Kernel Development

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