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
Figure AI	Helix AI Engineer, Android	Robotics	7	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer — cuEquivariance	Semiconductors	7	L3
ByteDance	Machine Learning Engineer - AI Compiler Optimization	Big Tech	7	L3
Apple	Sr Engineering Program Manager, AI/ML	Big Tech	7	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Developer Technology Engineer - Windows AI Platform	Semiconductors	7	L3
NVIDIA	SoC Product Architect, Telecom AI RAN	Semiconductors	7	L3
Lila Sciences	Vice President, Engineering	AI Frontier	7	L6
OpenAI	Software Engineer, Kernel Performance & AI Tooling	AI Frontier	7	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer, NCCL	Semiconductors	7	L3
Microsoft	ML - Principal Software Engineer	Big Tech	7	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer, AI Inference	Semiconductors	7	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Math Libraries Engineer - Sparsity in AI	Semiconductors	7	L3
Tenstorrent	Sr. Engineer, Kernel Development and Optimization	Semiconductors	7	L3
OpenAI	Software Engineer, Workload Enablement	AI Frontier	7	L3
Apple	On-device ML Integration Engineer, Graphics, Games & ML	Big Tech	7	L3
Amazon	Senior Software Dev Engineer, EC2 Nitro	Big Tech	7	L3
xAI	Member of Technical Staff - Compute Infrastructure	AI Frontier	7	L3
Tenstorrent	Software Engineer, Kernel Development and Optimization	Semiconductors	7	L3
Amazon	Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training - Performance Optimization	Big Tech	7	L3
Amazon	ML Kernel Performance Engineer, AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	7	L3
Weights & Biases	Senior Software Engineer I, Inference	Data AI	7	L3
Character AI	Software Engineer, Applied ML (Discovery, Recommendation & Search)	AI Frontier	7	L6
Amazon	Machine Learning Performance Engineer, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	7	L3
Databricks	Sr. Manager, Engineering - Model Serving	Data AI	7	L3
Postman	Member of Technical Staff, AI Platform & Architecture (Infrastructure)	Enterprise	7	L3
Postman	Member of Technical Staff, AI Reliability & Monitoring Engineering Lead	Enterprise	7	L3
Weights & Biases	Senior Software Engineer II, Inference	Data AI	7	L3
ByteDance	Video Codec Algorithm Engineer - Multimedia Lab	Big Tech	7	L0
Together AI	Machine Learning, Platform Engineer	Data AI	7	L3
Amazon	Senior ML Kernel Performance Engineer	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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