Software Engineer, Metal Runtime (Core Systems)

Strong coder in C or C++, and love working close to hardware. - Comfortable thinking in terms of threads, processors, and memory movement, and experienced writing fast, parallel code across multiple processors. - Enjoy optimizing execution, scheduling, and memory systems for performance at scale. - Comfortable debugging at the hardware/software boundary and reasoning about system behavior end-to-end. - Curious about how runtimes and bare-metal software come together to power AI. - Collaborative by nature and enjoy solving tough problems with smart people. What We Need

Build and optimize the Metal runtime that executes directly on our AI accelerators. - Develop bare-metal systems that manage compute execution, scheduling, and resource utilization. - Optimize memory movement and data flow across massively parallel hardware. - Work closely with hardware teams to maximize performance and efficiency of our architecture. - Debug, analyze, and tune runtime behavior across complex, distributed systems. What You Will Learn

How to design high-performance runtime systems for cutting-edge AI hardware. - How execution, scheduling, and memory systems interact at scale. - How to make custom ASICs and co-processors work efficiently across the chip. - Best practices for debugging complex, performance-critical software. - How software and hardware co-evolve in a fast-paced AI startup. Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. export-controlled technology. Due to U.S. export laws, including those codified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1, E1, and E2). These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S. As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies subject to these laws, the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency. If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.