Culture and benefits at Stream HPC

We’re a close-knit group of motivated individuals, who get a kick out of performance optimizations and are experienced in programming GPUs. Every day we have discussions on performance. Finding out why certain hardware behaves in a certain manner when a specific computing load is applied. For instance why certain code is not as fast as theoretically promised, and then finding the bottlenecks by analyzing the device and finding solutions for removing those bottlenecks. As a team we make better code than we could ever do as individuals. Quality is important for everybody on the team, which is a whole step further than “just getting the job done”. This has a simple reason: we cannot speed up code that is of low quality. This is also why we don’t use many tools that automatically do magic, as these often miss many significant improvements and don’t improve the code quality. Personality of the team We are all kind, focused on structured problem-solving, communicative about wins and struggles, focus on group-wins above personal gains, and mostly gamers. To have good discussions and have good disagreements, we seek people who are also open-minded. And we share and appreciate humor! ADHD and Asperger As we have multiple people with ADHD and Asperger in the team, we help each other on more than just work-related obstacles. We think that a broad approach to differences makes us understand how to progress to the next professional level the quickest. This is inclusivity-in-action, we’re proud of. Creating a safe place to speak up is critical for us. This helps us learn new skills and do things we never did before. And this approach helps well with all those who don’t have Asperger or ADHD at all, but need to progress without first fitting a certain norm.