Senior Principal Runtime Engineer
SambaNova· Software
Stockholmfull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior Principal Runtime Engineer role at SambaNova focusing on building, testing, and deploying high-performance, distributed runtime software for AI/ML applications, spanning drivers, kernel support, user-space libraries, and data-scale tooling.
Responsibilities
- Work on design and implementation of new and enhanced features of the runtime stack to support high performance and scalable ML inference and training applications
- System software (drivers and kernel) support for the next generation silicon
- Design user-space libraries for high performance and high utilization of HW resources
- User-facing tools (analysis, job and HW management, profiling, debugging, etc) for Datascale systems
- Collaborate with other teams including Hardware, ML Application, Compiler, DevOps
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent and with 3-5 years of industry experience
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python
- Experience with user space libraries, operating systems, and kernel drivers
- Experience working with highly concurrent and distributed systems, with a focus on performance and scalability
Skills
Required:C/C++PythonOperating systems
Benefits
- base salary and equity
- 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance and 77% for dependents
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance
- Flexible Spending Account options (Health Care, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care)
- Headspace subscription
- Gympass+ membership
- One Medical membership
- Employee Assistance Program counseling services
Last updated Sep 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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