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Senior Principal Engineer - SambaRack

SambaNova· Software
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BengaluruINR 8900k - INR 10800kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Principal Engineer role focused on designing and building rack-scale hardware management and infrastructure software for SambaRack, enabling safe monitoring, control, update, and diagnostics across production environments including air-gapped deployments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build core software components that enable safe, reliable control, monitoring, and diagnostics for rack-scale AI systems
  • Lead the technical design and implementation of hardware-software integration points and infrastructure services
  • Improve observability, telemetry, and diagnostics capabilities across the SambaRack platform
  • Proactively identify and resolve systemic risks, including performance bottlenecks, reliability gaps, and scaling constraints, before they impact customers
  • Collaborate closely with Hardware Engineering, DevOps, QA, and Product teams to translate infrastructure requirements into sound technical solutions
  • Contribute to and help evolve architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across the infrastructure software team
  • Serve as a technical leader and mentor, fostering engineering excellence and systems-level thinking within the team
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to inform technical approach and platform direction
  • Design and build new systems, components, and capabilities to solve new and interesting problems in the AI inference space

Qualifications

  • 8-12 years of software engineering experience
  • Strong experience building infrastructure, systems, or platform software
  • Solid programming experience in Go, Rust, Python, or C/C++
  • Strong understanding of Linux, networking, concurrency, and distributed systems
  • Experience designing reliable backend or control-plane services for production systems
  • Experience with hardware management systems such as BMCs, Redfish, IPMI, or OpenBMC
  • Experience with monitoring, telemetry, or observability systems for infrastructure platforms
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
  • Knowledge of software development best practices and coding standards

Skills

Required:GoRustPythonC/C++LinuxNetworkingDistributed systemsHardware managementObservability/Telemetry

Benefits

  • Base Salary Range: ₹8,900,000—₹10,800,000 INR per year
  • Equity and comprehensive benefits package as part of total rewards
  • Health insurance with substantial employer premium coverage
  • Well-being and lifestyle benefits (Headspace, gym memberships, counseling services)
  • Dental, Vision, Disability, Life insurance options
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) options and_HSA contributions
Last updated Sep 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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