About the position
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. We’re seeking a Technical Lead with deep expertise in AI compiler technologies to drive the development of next-generation tools that bridge machine learning frameworks and our custom AI silicon. This highly visible and cross functional role is central to making our hardware accessible, performant, and developer-friendly. This role is on-site based out of Austin, TX. 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of AI compiler tools team including model explorers, IR debuggers, performance profilers, and runtime diagnostics
- Improve and implement infrastructure to enable performance analysis, visualization, and tuning across the full stack
- Develop tools to aid compiler engineers in understanding and optimizing graph transformations, tiling strategies, and placement decisions
- Collaborate with hardware and compiler teams to expose low-level execution metrics and align software abstractions with hardware capabilities
- Integrate diagnostic and developer tools into ML frameworks and CI systems to improve visibility and debugging. Including existing tools across the entire software stack.
- Drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and establish best practices for building robust and scalable internal tools teams.
- Work closely with product and engineering teams to understand developer pain points and continuously improve the compiler tooling experience
Requirements
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Expertise in C/C++ (Python experience is a plus)
- Strong understanding of compilers, data structures, algorithms, and runtime systems
- Experience with one or more of: machine learning, parallelism, high-performance compute, or hardware/software co-design
- Proven leadership in a compiler, tools, or systems software team, including managing other software engineers.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with MLIR, LLVM, or custom backend code generation
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation package
- Equal opportunity employer
