Staff Engineer, Product Software

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

The Product Software team connects real Machine Learning (ML) models to Tenstorrent's ML-tailored silicon. We take cutting-edge models, make them run fast and accurately on our stack, and deliver clean, production-ready solutions that customers can use out of the box. 

We are looking for a proven Tech Lead to set the technical vision for a team of 4-8 software engineers, guiding them through complex challenges and owning the final product. If you excel at performance tuning, architecting solutions across software layers, and mentoring a team to make multi-processor systems running at full speed, this is where it all comes together.

This role is hybrid based in Belgrade, Serbia.

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.

Who You Are

• You're not just passionate about performance, you inspire that passion in others to accelerate the most compute and data-movement demanding workloads.
• You are a technical authority in C++ and Python who excels at elevating and unblocking the engineers you mentor.
• You thrive on orchestrating solutions across the full software stack and collaborating with other teams to solve the most complex challenges.
• You set the bar for quality and are obsessed with shipping robust, production-ready software that customers can confidently build upon.
• You enjoy coaching and guiding other engineers to enable their growth and make a bigger impact together.

What We Need

• A hands-on tech leader with 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in accelerating performance critical workloads on parallel processors and multi-processor systems.
• Someone passionate to gain a deep, systems-level understanding of the full software stack, with the ability to debug and guide improvements from model to kernel level in components like tt-metal, tt-nn, and tt-llk.
• An engineer who can make critical architectural decisions, break down complex problems into clear, executable tasks and drive delivery with the team.

What You Will Learn

• Advanced techniques for accelerating ML models on Tenstorrent's AI- and ML-tailored architectures.
• To identify bottlenecks and speed-up opportunities across the full software and hardware stack.
• When and why to make the critical trade-offs between performance, accuracy, and usability to ship world-class, production-ready ML models.
• How to make a great impact with small, productive, and well-coordinated teams.
• Grow as a technical and people leader — balancing deep hands-on engineering with team guidance and project leadership.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology.  Due to U.S. export laws, including those codified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1, E1, and E2).   These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S.  As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies subject to these laws, the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency.  If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.