Software Team Lead — AI Accelerator Systems

Arago; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option plan

Healthcare coverage

Pension contributions

Professional development support

25 days PTO

Job summary

Arago is seeking a Software Team Lead to coordinate the software group across the stack for AI accelerator products. You'll drive performance optimization, deploy pilot stacks, and align client specs with deliverables while mentoring a growing team and staying hands-on with code.

You will collaborate with chip architects and hardware teams during early silicon bring-up, own kernel libraries, runtimes, drivers, and tooling, and shape the technical roadmap for high-performance computing.

Qualifications

• Strong background in systems software for AI/ML accelerators, GPUs, CPUs, or other high-performance compute platforms.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, parallel computing, and hardware-software interaction.
• Proven ability to lead small engineering teams while retaining significant individual contribution.
• Strong C/C++ programming skills.
• Experience with Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, ONNX, TensorRT, etc.).
• Strong communication and project ownership, including translating client requirements into technical scope, deliverables, and timelines.
• Strong background in testing and deployment infrastructure for large-scale software projects.
• Language: English at a proficient level.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the software stack for AI accelerator products, balancing speed of execution with long-term technical foundations.
• Work closely with chip architecture and hardware teams on hardware–software co-design and early silicon bring-up.
• Lead development across kernel libraries, runtimes, drivers, firmware, and developer tooling as needed.
• Optimize key AI workloads for performance, efficiency, memory usage, and reliability on emerging hardware.
• Stay hands-on with architecture, coding, debugging, reviews, and performance analysis while mentoring a growing team.
• Partner directly with clients to understand technical requirements, translate them into clear team deliverables, and align scope, priorities, and timelines.

Skills

C/C++

Python

ML frameworks

Leadership

Systems software

Performance optimization

Communication

Testing & deployment

English proficiency

Tools

vLLM

SGLang

Compilers

Drivers

Job description

Arago is seeking a Software Team Lead to coordinate the software group across the stack for AI accelerator products. You'll drive performance optimization, deploy pilot stacks, and align client specs with deliverables while mentoring a growing team and staying hands-on with code.

You will collaborate with chip architects and hardware teams during early silicon bring-up, own kernel libraries, runtimes, drivers, and tooling, and shape the technical roadmap for high-performance computing.