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# Machine Learning Performance Engineer

- **Company:** Optiver Us, Llc
- **Location:** New York, United States
- **Salary:** $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Trading, C++ (Programming Language), Nvidia CUDA, Linux, Distributed Computing Environment, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Tensorflow, System Programming, Pytorch, Deep Learning, Gpu Programming
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a5c20ebb-8a1d-45e8-9ea3-19fee9890d65

## About the Role

* Strong knowledge of low-level GPU programming with CUDA, including Tensor Cores, cooperative groups, graphs, and warp-level intrinsics
 * Expertise in internals of deep-learning frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.
 * Deep understanding of computer architecture
 * Experience in C++ and Python

Nice to have:

 * Experience with JAX ecosystem (XLA, Flax, etc.)
 * Familiarity withGPU libraries and tools such as Triton, CUB, cuDNN, and cuBLAS
 * Linux system programming experience
 * Experience with large-scale distributed training
 * Contributions to open-source projects related to data science and machine learning

## Description

Optiver is a seeking a Machine Learning Performance Engineer to join our team, focusing on a pivotal AI initiative. This role would offer the opportunity to have significant impact across Machine Learning infrastructure, training, and inference challenges to advance our futures trading strategies.

What you'll do:

 * Build scalable and robust training and inference pipelines for deep learning
 * Dive into internals of open-source deep learning frameworks and enhance their functionality
 * Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks
 * Collaborate closely with researchers and other engineers
 * Develop an in-depth understanding of trading systems

What you'll get:

You'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.


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