SoC Platform Software Engineering Manager, Annapurna Labs Machine Learning Acceleration, AWS

About the role

The SoC Platform Software Engineering Manager at Annapurna Labs is responsible for leading a team of engineers who develop platform software for AWS's custom Trainium and Inferentia ML accelerator chips. This includes managing a C++ codebase that compiles and runs on three different execution environments, each with distinct runtime characteristics.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and grow a team of 6 engineers
• Own the platform abstraction layer enabling one C++ codebase to compile and run correctly across three target environments
• Shape external API contracts for verification, emulation, and production teams
• Drive architecture of C++ template metaprogramming framework for register interfaces and test infrastructure
• Build and maintain CI/CD and validation strategy to catch integration issues before deployment
• Coordinate across various engineering teams to ensure HAL readiness for new chip programs
• Debug and write code to ensure platform layer resilience and correctness

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of professional software development in C or C++, including systems, platform, or infrastructure software
• 4+ years of designing or architecting software systems (platform abstractions, API design, multi-target build systems)
• Experience developing software that interfaces with hardware or runs across multiple execution environments
• Experience designing APIs or abstraction layers consumed by other engineering teams

Qualifications

• No ML background required
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers
• Experience with multi-platform or cross-compilation build systems
• Familiarity with bus protocols and memory subsystems
• Experience with C++ template metaprogramming or code generation frameworks
• Experience with pre-silicon software development

Benefits

Includes sign-on payments and RSUs, along with comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, life insurance, AD&D, EAP, mental health support, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Pay

Base salary range: $212,700.00 - $287,700.00 annually for the Cupertino, CA location; $184,900.00 - $250,200.00 annually for the Austin, TX location.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate remote work options.