Sr Staff Software Engineer, AI Compiler

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

Experience & Qualifications:

• 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.


• Bonus: Experience with MLIR, LLVM, or custom backend code generation

Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

Due to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, Tenstorrent is required to ensure compliance with licensing regulations when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries that have been licensing conditions set  by the U.S. government.

Our engineering positions and certain engineering support positions require access to information, systems, or technologies that are subject to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, please note that citizenship/permanent residency, asylee and refugee information and/or documentation will be required and considered as Tenstorrent moves through the employment process.

If a U.S. export license is required, employment will not begin until a license with acceptable conditions is granted by the U.S. government.  If a U.S. export license with acceptable conditions is not granted by the U.S. government, then the offer of employment will be rescinded.