Software Engineer, Metal Runtime (API & Abstractions)
TenstorrentDeepTech company
Santa Clara, United StatesMid
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About the role
TL;DR
Design and evolve high-performance host and device APIs for AI accelerators.
- •As a Software Engineer on the Metal Runtime team at Tenstorrent, you'll work on the low-level software that powers our AI accelerators.
- •You'll design fast, efficient runtime systems that run close to the hardware, and define the host and device APIs that expose these capabilities to the rest of the software stack.
- •Key Responsibilities Design and evolve high-performance host and device APIs for Tenstorrent's Metal Runtime.
- •Develop intuitive abstractions that expose low-level hardware capabilities while maintaining performance and control.
- •Partner closely with runtime, kernel, compiler, and software teams to build scalable, production-ready interfaces.
- •Contribute to runtime implementation, debugging, performance optimization, and API integration across the software stack.
- •Drive API quality through thoughtful design, usability improvements, and long-term maintainability.
- •Requirements Strong C/C++ developer with a passion for low-level systems programming and software that runs close to hardware.
- •Comfortable working with concurrency, processors, memory movement, and performance-critical systems.
- •Experienced in designing clean, maintainable APIs and abstractions with a focus on developer experience.
- •Thoughtful about balancing performance, usability, and long-term maintainability in systems design.
- •Collaborative, curious, and excited to solve challenging problems at the intersection of hardware and software.
Required skills
C++
Domain expertise
ai
Tech stack
C++