Scale-Out Systems Engineer (C/C++, High-Performance)

Tenstorrent; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenstorrent is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to contribute to high-performance, low-level systems software. The role focuses on C/C++ development and optimization, interfacing directly with Tenstorrent hardware, and working closely with large inference and training model teams to improve scale-out software and hardware performance.

The position is hybrid and based out of Toronto, Ontario, offering opportunities to work near hardware and optimize system-level software in distributed

Qualifications

• Strong C/C++ systems engineering experience with memory, threading, I/O and low-level execution models.
• Experience building low-level software, drivers, embedded systems, or performance-critical infrastructure.
• Proficiency with Linux systems programming and debugging tools (gdb/strace/perf).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain core infrastructure software interfacing with Tenstorrent hardware.
• Build low-level libraries and APIs for communication across compute nodes.
• Optimize system software for performance, scalability, and reliability in distributed environments.
• Support hardware bring-up, testing, and deployment with hardware/software teams.
• Integrate infrastructure components with internal runtimes and tools.

Skills

C/C++ development

Linux systems programming

Memory and threading

Debugging tools

Tools

gdb

strace

perf

Job description

Tenstorrent is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to contribute to high-performance, low-level systems software. The role focuses on C/C++ development and optimization, interfacing directly with Tenstorrent hardware, and working closely with large inference and training model teams to improve scale-out software and hardware performance.

The position is hybrid and based out of Toronto, Ontario, offering opportunities to work near hardware and optimize system-level software in distributed