Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$140k–$200k/yr
System Software Engineer - AI About us: We are a stealth-mode startup building foundational technology to address performance, scalability, and resiliency challenges in large-scale AI data center clusters. We are backed …
Skills: C++, Python, Systems Programming, Linux, CUDA
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$225k–$250k/yr
Striim, (pronounced “stream” with two i’s for integration and intelligence), is a unified data integration and streaming platform that connects clouds, data, and applications with unprecedented speed and simplicity to de…
Skills: UX Strategy, Enterprise Software Design, Design Systems, User Research, Interaction Design
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$55/hr–$74/hr
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Skills: .NET Core, C#, ASP.NET Core, RESTful APIs, SQL Server
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$230k–$345k/yr
About Nu Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary tech…
Skills: Deep Learning, Foundation Models, Transformers, Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), Python
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
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Skills: Data Engineering, Distributed Systems, Spark, Flink, Kafka
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
About Nu Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary tech…
Skills: AI-native developer tooling, Engineering leadership, Agentic coding systems, Retrieval-augmented systems, Vendor management
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$230k–$276k/yr
About Nu Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary tech…
Skills: Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems, API Design, Microservices
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
About Nu Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary tech…
Skills: Cryptography, Blockchain Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Key Management, Signing Protocols
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
About Nu Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary tech…
Skills: Visual Craft, UI Excellence, Systems Thinking, Design Systems, Interaction Patterns
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
About Nu Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary tech…
Skills: Technical Architecture, Flutter, Distributed Systems, Conversational AI, Recommendation Engines
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Rivian Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we con…
Skills: Vision-Language Models, Machine Learning, Python, Data Mining, Model Training
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Rivian Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we con…
Skills: Vision-Language Models, Python, Machine Learning, Data mining, Perception pipelines
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
$85k–$233k/yr
Who You Are An agent orchestrator, not a typist. You don't want to be a faster keyboard. You want to be a manager of agents — handing off the heavy lifting, reviewing the output, and keeping your hands on the architectur…
Skills: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
$85k–$233k/yr
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Skills: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
$152k–$215k/yr
As a Lead Software Engineer of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank Payments Team, you lead multiple technical areas, manage the activities of multiple departments, and collabor…
Skills: Software Engineering, Cloud Native, Observability, Distributed Tracing, Infrastructure Monitoring
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$134k–$215k/yr
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we h…
Skills: Python, C, C++, Pytest, Slash
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$134k–$215k/yr
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we h…
Skills: Python, C, C++, Pytest, Slash
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Rivian Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we con…
Skills: Machine learning, Occupancy modeling, Autonomy, Leadership, Python
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
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Skills: C++, Robotics, State estimation, Multi-target tracking, Sensor fusion
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$140k–$240k/yr
WindBorne Systems is supercharging weather forecasts with a proprietary data source: a global constellation of next-generation smart weather balloons targeting critical atmospheric data. We design, manufacture, and opera…
Skills: Production ML Systems, PyTorch, Docker, Distributed Training, Data Pipelines
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Design and implement communication and execution primitives to enable large-scale AI models to run efficiently across thousands of GPUs. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in distributed training and inference workloads through software-hardware interface analysis.
Requires strong proficiency in C++ and Python with a deep understanding of systems programming and Linux environments. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is required.
We are a stealth-mode startup building foundational technology to address performance, scalability, and resiliency challenges in large-scale AI data center clusters. We are backed by top-tier VC firms and notable angel investors.
The company is led by experienced builders and operators who have founded companies, taken them to scale, and exited successfully. We work with a strong sense of unity and shared responsibility, and we expect trust, integrity, and respect in how we collaborate and make decisions. We hold ourselves accountable to one another and to the quality of the work we deliver.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we operate across a mix of remote and on-site locations in the U.S. and Canada. We aim to create an environment where people are treated fairly, supported in their growth, and are empowered to do meaningful work alongside others who take the craft seriously.
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We are looking for a talented System Software Engineer to help us redefine the infrastructure layer of AI. In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level AI frameworks and low-level system software. You will be responsible for designing and implementing the communication and execution primitives that allow large-scale AI models to run efficiently across thousands of GPUs. We are looking for a "builder" who thrives in the early stages of a product’s lifecycle and is passionate about solving the "hard" systems problems of the generative AI era.
Collaborate across the stack to influence the design of our foundational technology, ensuring it meets the needs of next-generation AI models.
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in distributed training and inference workloads through deep-dive analysis of the software-hardware interface.
Conduct rigorous performance benchmarking and characterization on multi-node clusters.
Strong proficiency in C++ and Python, with a deep understanding of systems programming fundamentals (memory management, concurrency, OS internals).
Proficient in a Linux development environment.
Experience with GPU programming (CUDA) and performance optimization for parallel architectures.
Familiarity with distributed AI frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, or DeepSpeed) and/or inference engines (vLLM, SGLang, Dynamo/TRT-LLM).
Hands-on experience with large-scale cluster orchestration and telemetry tools.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
This is a hybrid role based in Palo Alto or Charlottesville, VA.
Target base salary for this role is $140,000 - $200,000 per year + meaningful equity + benefits + 401k. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, experience, and location.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We value a range of perspectives and experiences and make employment decisions based on merit and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of legally protected characteristics.
We do not accept resumes from agencies or search firms. Please do not forward candidate profiles through our careers page, email, LinkedIn messages, or directly to company employees. Any resumes submitted will be deemed the property of the company, and no fees will be paid in the event the candidate is hired.
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