Middleware Development Engineer

Job Details:

Job Description:

As a Middleware Development Engineer (Rust), you will build high-impact systems software that connects low-level compute capabilities with developer-friendly runtime APIs. This role is focused on Rust-based GPU middleware and open source contribution, with a strong emphasis on advancing and maintaining the oneAPI-rs ecosystem (Rust oneAPI bindings and abstractions).

You will help design and optimize components that bridge oneAPI software stack functionality with modern Rust applications used in AI, HPC, and performance-critical workloads. Working with internal engineering teams, open source maintainers, and external users, you will shape reliable, ergonomic, and high-performance abstractions that scale from local development to distributed production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Rust middleware and runtime layers for GPU-accelerated workloads.
• Contribute directly to the oneAPI-rs codebase, including API design, feature development, bug fixes, and performance improvements.
• Build safe and ergonomic Rust abstractions over oneAPI concepts such as memory management, kernels, module loading, and execution flows.
• Improve integration paths between Rust applications and GPU compute stacks used in AI and HPC workloads.
• Diagnose and resolve complex systems-level issues related to performance, memory behavior, concurrency, and multi-device execution.
• Develop validation strategies with representative benchmarks and real-world workloads; analyze latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
• Strengthen code quality through tests, documentation, examples, and CI-focused reliability improvements.
• Collaborate in open source workflows through technical design discussions, issue triage, code reviews, and upstream contributions.
• Partner cross-functionally with architecture, performance, and product teams to align technical direction with business priorities.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong professional software development experience in Rust.
• Hands-on experience with systems programming concepts such as memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Practical experience with GPU programming fundamentals.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining open source software through pull requests, issue discussions, and review cycles.
• Ability to profile, benchmark, and optimize code paths in performance-sensitive environments.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills across application, runtime, and system layers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong C++ experience.
• Willingness to learn Rust, existing familiarity would be a strong plus.
• Familiarity with GPU parallel compute programming models like SYCL or CUDA.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional and open source collaboration.

Why Join

You will work on software that directly impacts how developers build high-performance Rust applications on modern GPU platforms. This is an opportunity to shape widely used open source infrastructure, solve deep technical challenges, and influence the future of AI and accelerated computing from the middleware layer upward.

What we offer:
At Intel, we offer a collaborative, supportive environment, where your equally brilliant colleagues will push you to be your best. There's no fear of failure - we know that's how innovation happens, and you'll never be bored.
We offer competitive benefits and pay, opportunities for professional development and the flexibility you need to achieve balance. Intel fosters a collaborative environment allowing the brightest minds in the world to come together to achieve exceptional results.

Competitive pay and Benefits:
Including stock programs, Quarterly Bonuses, Employee Pension Plan, Medical plan and life insurance, Peer to peer recognition, Lunch card, Multisport Card/Holiday card, Groups of enthusiasts, Exclusive employee discounts, (online) events and many more.

Opportunities for professional development and growth:
You will work in an international environment within a group of the best professionals in the world, working with the newest technologies. You'll have a chance to take part in advanced development programs, conferences and have free access to a wide library of classroom and online courses, covering both soft and technical skills.

Life and Community:
We offer opportunities for employees to refresh and recharge- flexible working time, benefits and services that support your wellbeing, and the chance to participate in Intel's Great Place to Work program which gathers people who love running, cycling, squash, tennis, cross fit, photography, and many more.

We guarantee you will be working in a safe environment, in an organization which profoundly understands the current health situation worldwide. At both our offices and in your home, the security and wellbeing of you and your family is our utmost responsibility.

Materials important for you - to learn more about Intel.
Learn more about Intel in Poland: https://intel.ly/3eq8QlY

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (Poland)

Primary Location:

Poland, Gdansk

Additional Locations:

Business group:

The Software Team drives customer value by enabling differentiated experiences through leadership AI technologies and foundational software stacks, products, and services. The group is responsible for developing the holistic strategy for client and data center software in collaboration with OSVs, ISVs, developers, partners and OEMs. The group delivers specialized NPU IP to enable the AI PC and GPU IP to support all of Intel's market segments. The group also has HW and SW engineering experts responsible for delivering IP, SOCs, runtimes, and platforms to support the CPU and GPU/accelerator roadmap, inclusive of integrated and discrete graphics.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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