Research Scientist / Engineer – Performance Optimization
About this role
This remote role based in the EU suits an expert in GPU optimization and transformer internals who wants to make multimodal models fast. The position centers on profiling and optimizing accelerator, CPU, and GPU code to ensure efficient training and large-scale deployment.
Role Overview
Luma AI seeks a Research Scientist / Engineer for Performance Optimization to work remotely within the EU. The professional in this position focuses on writing kernels and operations that maximize hardware performance without losing model quality.
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About the Company
Luma AI aims to construct unified general intelligence capable of generating, understanding, and operating within the physical world. The organization emphasizes that multimodality is essential for intelligence, viewing vision as the critical advancement beyond language models. Luma AI operates as an equal opportunity employer.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
Where is this job located?
This position is remote, with a location in the EU.
What core technical skills are required?
The role requires expert-level Triton and CUDA programming, GPU optimization, strong PyTorch skills, proficiency with profiling tools like NVIDIA Nsight, and a deep understanding of transformer architectures.
What will I own in the first 90 days?
The first 30 days involve profiling training and inference paths. Days 30 to 60 focus on shipping an architecture or kernel optimization to improve latency or utilization. Days 60 to 90 center on building monitoring and automation to prevent performance regressions.
What experience is nice to have for this role?
Helpful experience includes working with compilers and exporters such as torch.compile, TensorRT, ONNX, and XLA, optimizing inference workloads, Triton kernel fusion techniques, and knowledge of warp-level intrinsics and advanced CUDA optimization.
What is Luma AI's mission?
Luma AI's mission is to build unified general intelligence that can generate, understand, and operate in the physical world, focusing on multimodality and vision.