Systems Software Engineer

IC Resources; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources is seeking a Systems Software Engineer for an innovative UK remote AI hardware startup. You will own the runtime, SDK and APIs interfacing with FPGA/ASIC hardware, focusing on performance and developer experience.

You'll work at the boundary of hardware and software, collaborating with hardware engineers to optimise PCIe, DMA and memory-mapped I/O, and to accelerate AI workloads through robust software foundations.

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing C/C++ software on Linux.
• Background in systems software, accelerator runtimes, FPGA, DPU, SmartNIC or custom silicon.
• Experience with PCIe, DMA, memory-mapped I/O or similar hardware interfaces.
• Experience working closely with FPGA or hardware engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation, benchmarking and profiling.
• Ideally, experience developing runtime software, SDKs or APIs for novel hardware platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the runtime, SDK and APIs that interface with FPGA/ASIC hardware.
• Build the software foundation enabling developers to integrate hardware into AI workloads.
• Focus on performance, developer experience and hardware/software co-design.

Skills

C/C++ development on Linux

Systems software

FPGA/ASIC hardware interfaces

Performance benchmarking & profiling

SDKs/APIs for hardware

PCIe/DMA/memory-mapped I/O

Job description

Join an innovative AI hardware start-up | UK Remote

This exciting start-up is developing a fundamentally new approach to AI infrastructure, building hardware capable of accessing and traversing large-scale knowledge structures at machine speed. The team are now looking for a Systems Software Engineer to build the software foundation that enables developers to integrate this novel hardware into real AI workloads.

You’ll work across the boundary between hardware and software, owning the runtime, SDK and APIs that interface with FPGA/ASIC hardware while focusing heavily on performance, developer experience and hardware/software co-design.

For this Systems Software Engineer role, we are looking for someone with:

• Strong experience developing C/C++ software on Linux
• Background in systems software, accelerator runtimes, FPGA, DPU, SmartNIC or custom silicon
• Experience with PCIe, DMA, memory-mapped I/O or similar hardware interfaces
• Experience working closely with FPGA or hardware engineering teams
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation, benchmarking and profiling
• Ideally, experience developing runtime software, SDKs or APIs for novel hardware platforms