Datacenter & Agentic AI Workload Performance Optimization Engineer
Tenstorrent4 hours ago
Toronto, Canada or Santa Clara, CA, USAIntern / Entry Level / Mid Level / Senior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Optimize datacenter and agentic AI software workloads on RISC-V platforms.
- Identify bottlenecks and improve throughput, latency, and efficiency through software, compiler, runtime, and hardware-aware optimizations.
- Bring up and tune runtimes, profile real-world applications, and investigate memory, concurrency, and CPU performance behavior.
- Use RISC-V Vector, Matrix, and custom instruction capabilities to accelerate workloads.
- Develop automated and AI-assisted workflows for profiling, coding, benchmarking, and optimization.
- Collaborate with compiler, runtime, systems software, hardware, and performance modeling teams to influence future CPU architecture.
Requirements
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Strong experience in performance optimization, computer architecture, compilers, or systems software.
- Hands-on experience with runtime or compiler optimization, including systems such as OpenJDK/JIT, LLVM, GCC, V8, or Python.
- Strong understanding of CPU performance, memory hierarchies, concurrency, garbage collection, vector/SIMD optimization, and RISC-V architecture.
- Expertise with performance profiling and analysis tools such as Linux perf, runtime profilers, QEMU, tracing tools, and performance modeling environments.
- Strong programming skills in Java, Python, C/C++, and RISC-V assembly.
- Ability to work across multiple software layers and collaborate effectively with technical teams.
- Interest in agentic AI development workflows and AI-assisted performance optimization.
Benefits
- Remote position based in North America.
- Candidates at various experience levels are welcome; the appropriate level will be assessed during the interview process.
- Compensation includes base and variable compensation targets and ranges from $100k to $500k for engineers.
- Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits.
About Tenstorrent
Tenstorrent builds AI compute hardware and RISC‑V CPU technology for companies developing training and inference workloads in data centers and at the edge. The business sells accelerator cards and systems with a full software stack, and licenses RISC‑V CPU IP. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, it is privately held and led by semiconductor architect Jim Keller.