Performance Engineer
Astera Labs3 months ago
San Jose, CA, USASenior / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$135k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Establish theoretical and measured roofline models for performance metrics.
- Build and maintain baseline performance benchmarks using industry-standard tools.
- Run end-to-end inference model workloads to capture real-world performance.
- Evaluate fabric performance as cluster size scales and identify bottlenecks.
- Design and maintain automated lab infrastructure for performance testing.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to communicate findings and influence design decisions.
- Provide performance data and support for customer engagements and industry events.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience running AI/ML workloads on GPU clusters.
- Ability to debug and root-cause system-level performance issues.
- Strong knowledge of compute algorithms and AI/ML workloads.
- Working knowledge of computer systems, GPU systems, and datacenter networking.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation, particularly in Python.
About Astera Labs
Astera Labs builds semiconductor-based connectivity solutions and software that link CPUs, GPUs, memory, and storage for AI and cloud data centers, integrating CXL, PCIe, Ethernet, NVLink, and UALink. It offers standards-based and custom connectivity products alongside its COSMOS software suite, serving hyperscalers and server OEMs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, it is a public company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker ALAB.