CareerPlan

Runtime Engineer - New Grad

Austin, TXFull-time$131k–$196k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Build low-level software stack components including kernel drivers, user libraries, networking, and system tools for SambaNova's RDU-based AI inference hardware.

Role type

New Grad Runtime Engineer (Systems/Hardware)

Builds

Kernel drivers, user space libraries, networking stacks, profiling/debugging tools for SambaStack and SambaCloud

Domain

AI Infrastructure / Hardware Systems / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

C/C++/Rust, Python, Linux kernel driver development, high-speed networking (RDMA/RoCE/InfiniBand), distributed communication libraries (MPI/NCCL/UCX), Linux debugging (GDB)

Preferred skills

PCIe familiarity, performance analysis tools, systems software internship/research, open source contributions

Technologies

C, C++, Rust, Python, Linux, RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, MPI, NCCL, UCX, GDB

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain kernel drivers for next generation silicon; Build user space libraries for efficient hardware resource usage; Find and fix networking bottlenecks within and across nodes; Build tools for profiling, debugging, and job/hardware management; Test and deploy runtime features on large multi-node systems; Work with hardware and compiler teams to diagnose performance issues

Seniority

New Grad, hands-on IC