Performance Library Engineer
Efficient Computer · San Francisco, Bay Area OR Pittsburgh, PA OR Austin, TX
Posted about 3 months ago · $130,000 to $260,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Efficient Computer's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 100% of Efficient Computer's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Efficient Computer
- high 20 stale, 1 reposted of 21 open
- Hiring momentum
- 26 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Efficient Computer's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Efficient Computer.
About this role
As a Performance Library Engineer at Efficient, you will focus on creating and optimizing libraries and frameworks for a highly energy-efficient programmable processor. Your role involves collaborating with compiler and embedded teams to enhance performance tools and push the limits of compute performance. This position offers the chance to work on hardware/software co-design and make a significant impact on next-generation performance libraries and applications.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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What you need
- Hands-on software development experience working closely with hardware, including exposure to at least two RISC, DSP or GPU platforms
- A passion for analyzing and maximizing software performance on a unique dataflow hardware architecture
- Experience with framework and library design, particularly within resource constrained and realtime environments
- Experience with CUDA, HIP and/or other parallel programming models
- A collaborative spirit, with the ability to work with and influence multiple engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to write, debug, and maintain low-level, C/C++, systems-level code as well as design clean interfaces and modular code
Nice to have
- Some exposure to low-level programming interfaces, e.g. PTX, LLVM IR and/or MLIR
- Some domain expertise in two or more of the following areas: Linear Algebra, ML, Image Processing, Signal Processing, Audio Processing, SDR, realtime programming, or Robotics
What you get
- Competitive base salary ranging from $130,000 to $260,000
- 10% annual bonus
- Meaningful equity
- Comprehensive benefits
- 401K match
- Company-paid benefits
Worth weighing
- Salary range is quite broad, final compensation depends on experience, level, and location
- Role involves complex, performance-critical library development which may require a steep learning curve for new technologies
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Listed by Efficient Computer on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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