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Sr. Engineer, Kernel Development and Optimization

Tenstorrent · Belgrade, Serbia · Belgrade

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Develop performance-critical kernels that unlock full capability of AI hardware
  • Learn execution model and memory architecture of next-gen AI compute
  • Collaborate with compiler, runtime, ML and hardware teams on production systems

Ideal candidate

A data-driven systems thinker who loves squeezing performance from hardware and thrives debugging complex low-level problems in collaboration with compiler and hardware teams.

Requirements

  • Strong C++ systems engineering experience with performance-critical or low-level software
  • Comfortable with concurrency, synchronization, latency hiding, and compute vs memory trade-offs
  • Data-driven optimization using profiling and benchmarking results
  • Experience debugging complex runtime or kernel-level issues in large codebases
  • Ability to break down ambiguous performance problems into measurable experiments
  • Experience designing and optimizing GPU-style kernels such as matrix multiplication and attention primitives
hiring process
Candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level during the interview process, with offers aligned to that level

Lab profile

About Tenstorrent

Builds high-performance RISC-V CPUs and AI accelerators with full-stack software for efficient AI computing.

What they build

  • AI accelerators
  • RISC-V CPUs
  • AI software and compilers

Known for

  • Custom RISC-V CPU development from scratch
  • Full-stack AI hardware and software
  • Performance, ease of use and cost efficiency

Key facts

  • Founded in 2016
  • Headquartered in Toronto, Canada
  • Backed by Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group
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