Senior Software Engineer - Velox Operators for GPU
IBM · San Jose, United States · Software Engineering
About this role
IBM is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in San Jose, United States. The posting calls out experience with CUDA, Distributed Systems, Performance Optimization, Cloud Computing.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Jose, United States
- Department
- Software Engineering
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
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Job description
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Your role and responsibilities
We are looking for an expert C++ Engineer to join the core team responsible for the next-generation Presto engine (Prestissimo/Velox). In this role, you will work closely with Presto C++ Tech Leads to bridge the gap between Velox’s vectorized execution and GPU acceleration. You will be responsible for implementing and optimizing critical database operators and functions to run efficiently on GPU hardware.
- Design and implement vectorized operators (Joins, Aggregations, Filter, Project) in Velox C++ that can seamlessly offload computation to GPUs.