Software Engineer, TPU Compiler, PhD, Early Careers

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with coding in data structures, algorithms and software design.
- Research experience in Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Image Classification, Spam Fighting, or related fields.
- Work or educational experience in Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Currently enrolled in or graduated from a PhD program.
- Experience working with parallel computing.
- Experience with compilers and compiler construction.
- Excellent debugging and programming concurrent/parallel computations, and working on accelerators such as VLIW, Vector machines, GPUs, or DSPs.
ABOUT THE JOB:
Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.
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TPU team develops the Accelerated Linear Algebra (XLA) TPU parallelizing compiler used to partition, optimize, and run large-scale machine learning models across multiple TPU accelerators for internal (e.g. Google DeepMind) and external customers. It is a vital part of the Google Gemini software infrastructure.


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RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Write product or system development code for the TPU compiler (in C++).
- Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
- Contribute to a compiler which scales-out machine learning models across accelerators like TPU/Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) at Google and Cloud.
- Design and implement performance optimizations and critical features, which increase the velocity of important production teams.
- Apply AI to the development of the Compiler and to the Compiler itself.
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