💼 Full-Time Position

Lead Kernel Engineer/Architect

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EPAM Systems
📍 zürich, zürich, Switzerland
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Location
zürich, Switzerland
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Posted
June 03, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

We're looking for a Lead Kernel Engineer/Architect to join our team in Switzerland in a hybrid working mode.

Are you passionate about pushing advanced hardware accelerators to their limits? Join us in shaping the future of AI performance and scalability.

As a Lead Kernel Engineer/Architect, you will drive the optimization of critical machine learning operations for large-scale training and inference, working with cutting-edge hardware like TPUs and GPUs, advanced ML models and performance toolchains. Your work will enable faster AI research and production deployments on cloud platforms and within open-source ecosystems.

In this role, you will collaborate with researchers, compiler engineers and framework developers to deliver optimized, high-performance solutions that set the standard for modern AI computation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and optimize high-performance kernels for TPU and GPU architectures using low-level programming f...