Senior Software Engineer, Tenstorrent

Simulation/Hardware Modeling

$100-500k

OTE

Python

C++

Senior and Expert level

Austin

Next-generation computing company building computers for AI

Open for applications

Next-generation computing company building computers for AI

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseManufacturingDeep TechMachine Learning

Open for applications

$100-500k

OTE

Python

C++

Senior and Expert level

Austin

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseManufacturingDeep TechMachine Learning

Company mission

To bring unique solutions to the problems facing AI and machine learning.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

A passionate software engineer eager to work on simulator technologies and the challenges of AI hardware, whether from compilers, systems, or broader software backgrounds
Fluent in C++ and Python, with experience building complex systems that bridge the gap between software and low-level hardware details
Excited by C++ optimization and low-level system software programming
A collaborative problem-solver who thrives in open-source and enjoys working closely with hardware and software engineers
A drive to solve novel challenges in hardware simulation, from implementing and defining hardware specifications to optimizing C++ code
Experience or strong interest in computer architecture and system software
Motivation to build technology that impacts the future of AI, knowing your work will enable the next wave of breakthroughs

What the job involves

Join the team revolutionizing AI computing at Tenstorrent
You will work on simulation and hardware modeling, building and validating our open-source, high-performance, bit-accurate C++-based hardware simulator that enables developers to run AI workloads on existing and future Tenstorrent hardware
This is a unique role that sits at the forefront of Tenstorrent’s future generations of AI hardware, helping to build, shape, and define state-of-the-art accelerator architectures!
What You Will Learn
How to build and validate open-source simulators supporting RISC-V and diverse AI Accelerator architectures
Deep expertise in computer architecture, system software, ISA specifications, and floating point arithmetic
How to develop highly optimized C++ code
How compiler technology powers Tenstorrent’s mission to deliver affordable, open-source AI computing in a highly competitive space

Our take

Tenstorrent is a US- and Canada-based semiconductor startup specializing in processors for AI workloads. Rather than building gneral-purpose CPUs or GPus, the company develops custom chips and sofrware optimized for running moder AI models. As demand for AI accelerates, and as a global chip shortage reshapes the semiconductor industry, these trends have become strong tailwinds for Tenstorrent.

The company’s unique approach is to build for this future software, which it believes will be written at a higher level. Combining this with conditional computing, Tenstorrent supports a scalable distributed network approach that is analogous to a human brain.

While the market for specialized AI hardware is destined to be gigantic, the company has to compete with a plethora of hopeful startups (as well as major tech companies like NVIDIA and Qualcomm). That said, Tenstorrent boasts an excellent trajectory so far, with its latest moves including unveiling its high-end Wormhole AI processors, and a partnership with LG which will see the development of chips for "Affectionate Intelligence".

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Insights

Top investors

52% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Dec 2024

$693m

SERIES D

Jun 2024

$300m

LATE VC

Total funding: $1.3bn

Company HQ

Flemingdon Park, Toronto, ON

Leadership

Jim Keller

(CEO)

Previously Senior VP of Silicon Engineering at Intel Corporation, VP of Autopilot Hardware Engineering at Tesla, Corporate VP and Chief Architect at AMD, and VP of Engineering at Apple.

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