Staff/Principal Software Engineer (Python/Automation)

Imagination Technologies; Kings Langley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Staff/Principal Software Engineer to join their innovative GPU & AI hardware team. In this pivotal role, you will help shape the automated tool stack that drives the upcoming IP roadmap. Your expertise in Python and CI/CD will be crucial as you create resilient build systems and optimize existing tools. This role emphasizes collaboration and problem-solving, allowing you to contribute to cutting-edge technology that transforms industries. If you're a self-starter with a passion for innovation, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience developing solutions in Python 3 on Unix.
• Strong background in CI/CD and software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a scalable build system for multiple languages.
• Optimize and debug simulation workloads for performance.

Skills

Python 3

Shell scripting

Test-driven development

CI/CD

Software architecture

Version control

Problem-solving

Tools

Bazel

Docker

Jenkins

SystemVerilog

C/C++

Job description

Staff/Principal Software Engineer (Python/Automation)

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Role Overview

Our GPU & AI hardware teams need an industry-leading automated tool stack to produce our upcoming IP roadmap. The ‘Hardware Tools & Flows’ team has been created to ensure a hyper-fast, resilient build system that optimizes tool use, scales with our needs, and maximizes simulation workloads on our distributed compute grid.

As a founding member, you will help shape our team culture, define tools, design principles, and standards. Our team operates without bureaucracy, focusing on solving complex problems through collaboration and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a fast, resilient, scalable build system supporting multiple languages and targets, and feeding data into machine learning algorithms.
• Optimize, refactor, and deprecate existing tools and scripts.
• Integrate and optimize external-vendor EDA tools & suites.
• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Profile, optimize, and debug simulation workloads for performance.
• Collaborate with architects to refine requirements.
• Design and support tool flows to enhance engineer experience.

About You

You are committed to success, excellent in communication, and a solutions-oriented problem solver. You are curious, innovative, and a self-starter, capable of turning vague problems into concrete solutions.

You should have experience with:

• Developing performant solutions in Python 3 on Unix
• Writing shell scripts and debugging build systems
• Test-driven development, CI, software architecture, version control
• Turning requirements into production solutions

Additional desirable skills include experience with build systems (e.g., Bazel), hardware EDA tools, SystemVerilog, C/C++, Docker, distributed compute, Jenkins, templating, data engineering, or machine learning.

Company Overview

Imagination is a UK-based company creating silicon and software IP for global markets, enabling power-efficient, high-performance products used worldwide. Join us to help deliver innovative technology that transforms industries and lives.

Additional Information

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