Staff Software Engineer, Linux Tools & Host Software (Multiple locations)

About the role

This position can be in Santa Clara, San Diego, Boulder, Raleigh or Austin. We are hiring a hands-on systems software engineer to design, maintain, and improve Linux tools and services used on hosts equipped with our PCIe-based accelerator devices. You cross over between userspace and the Linux kernel- or even QNX- when given the chance. You relish the opportunity to work on the kernel even if you have mostly worked in userspace. You are excited to work on accelerator products for video, AI and whatever else comes along. You deliver software that is reliable and a joy to use.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Linux services and tools in modern C or Rust
• Integrate with IPC/RPC techniques such as TCP/IP, Unix domain sockets and messaging libraries
• Create CLI tools that are user-friendly, have built-in help, are intuitive and don't crash
• Serialize and deserialize to formats (JSON, binary, etc) to integrate with other endpoints
• Create shared libraries that export user-friendly APIs for developers using our products
• Use containers where it makes sense, for example, to standardize builds, and manage dependencies
• Use a rich ecosystem of AI tools to turbo boost your development
• Create packages (DEB/RPM)
• Document plentifully

Requirements

• Linux software development experience using modern C and/or Rust
• Familiarity with CMake, make, gcc or clang, gdb, valgrind, and git
• Practical experience writing TCP/IP socket programs
• CLI tool development with a user-first mindset

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Skills

• Linux software development experience using modern C and/or Rust
• Familiarity with CMake, make, gcc or clang, gdb, valgrind, and git
• Practical experience writing TCP/IP socket programs
• CLI tool development with a user-first mindset

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus)
• Highly competitive benefits package

Pay

$121,400.00 - $202,200.00