Senior Staff Software Engineer, Tenstorrent

Toolchain / Compiler

$100-500k

OTE

OTE - Base + Variable Compensation

C++

Rust

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

More information about location

Building computers for AI

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Building computers for AI

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseManufacturingDeep TechMachine Learning

Be an early applicant

$100-500k

OTE

OTE - Base + Variable Compensation

C++

Rust

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

More information about location

501-1000 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

You have strong programming skills in C, C++, or Rust, with an interest in low-level performance and optimization
You understand compiler design principles, code generation, and optimization techniques, and you’ve worked on or with compiler frameworks like LLVM or GCC
You are comfortable debugging complex systems, from compiler internals to generated assembly
You value collaboration, enjoy learning new hardware architectures, and keep up to date with advancements in compiler and toolchain technologies

What the job involves

As a Toolchain/Compiler Software Engineer, you’ll design, optimize, and maintain compiler and toolchain infrastructure for our RISC-V processors
You’ll work closely with CPU architects, software engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure our compiler generates highly efficient, production-ready code
This is a hands-on role with a mix of deep technical problem-solving, cross-team collaboration, and opportunities to influence the long-term compiler strategy
This role is fully remote, anywhere around the globe
We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role
During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting
Design, develop, and maintain toolchain components including compiler codegen, linkers, assemblers, debuggers, and related infrastructure
Optimize compiler output for RISC-V CPUs, implementing new passes and improving existing ones to generate efficient machine code
Investigate and resolve toolchain-related bugs, working closely with developers to provide reliable and stable builds
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align toolchain capabilities with hardware architecture and performance goals
Create and maintain high-quality documentation, including technical guides, best practices, and internal knowledge bases
Deep integration of compilers with cutting-edge RISC-V processor architectures
Advanced optimization techniques for high-performance CPU workloads, from micro-benchmarks to large-scale applications
Cross-team workflows for hardware/software co-design in a high-performance computing environment
Emerging trends in compiler technologies, language standards, and performance analysis tooling

Our take

Advances in artificial intelligence apps, combined with a global chip shortage, are strong tailwinds for chip processor Tenstorrent. The semi-conducter developer is designing specialized chips for running artificial intelligence applications, building chips for what it calls "software 2.0".

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 specialised 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".

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

52% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Dec 2024

$700m

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.

Milos Trajkovic

(Co-Founder & Director of Hardware Engineering)

Former Manager of Firmware Design Engineering at AMD, and FPGA design engineer at Signum Concepts.

Ivan Hamer

(Co-Founder)

Former Consulting Software/Embedded Engineer at AMD, and Senior Software Developer at iNTERFACEWARE.

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