Performance Engineer
EtchedSan Jose, California, United States
Posted November 10, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We think most of the progress in the AI field has come from using more FLOPs to train and run models, and the best way to get more FLOPs is to build model-specific hardware.
Job Description
Etched is building AI chips that are hard-coded for individual model architectures. As a Performance Engineer, you will develop comprehensive performance models and projections for Sohu's transformer-specific architecture across varying workloads and configurations. You will also collaborate with hardware architects to inform micro-architectural decisions based on workload characteristics and performance analysis.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in computer architecture and micro-architecture, particularly for accelerators or domain-specific architectures
- Strong performance modeling and analysis skills with experience building analytical or simulation-based performance models
- Experience profiling and optimizing deep learning workloads on hardware accelerators (GPUs, TPUs, ASICs, FPGAs)
- Strong understanding of hardware/software co-design principles and cross-layer optimization
- Solid foundation in digital circuit design and how micro-architectural decisions impact performance
- Experience with reconfigurable or heterogeneous architectures
- Ability to reason quantitatively about performance bottlenecks across the full stack from circuits to workloads
Benefits
- Full medical, dental, and vision packages, with generous premium coverage
- Housing subsidy of $2,000/month for those living within walking distance of the office
- Daily lunch and dinner in our office
- Relocation support for those moving to West San Jose
