Principal SW Engineer - LLM Serving (Cloud AI) - Cork, Ireland Cork, Ireland Software Engineering

Qualcomm; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and stock bonus

Relocation and immigration support

Education Assistance

Pension matching

Job summary

QT Technologies Ireland Limited in Cork leads software efforts for Qualcomm Cloud AI focused on Inference Acceleration. The role spans the product life cycle from R&D to deployment, requiring cross-functional collaboration and strong communication.

The team seeks engineers at multiple levels in systems & software, integration and test. Ideal candidates demonstrate deep experience in PyTorch, LLMs, multi-core architectures, performance optimization, and hands-on C/C++/Python development for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related work experience.
• Master's degree with 7+ years of related work experience.
• PhD with 6+ years of related work experience.
• 3+ years of work with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and deliver large commercial software projects.
• Work on design, compiler technology, performance modeling, and bottleneck analysis.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams from R&D to deployment.
• Contribute to services like frameworks (e.g., vLLM) and high-performance software for multicore systems.

Skills

C++

Python

Performance modeling

LLMs

Multi-core architectures

PyTorch

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

vLLM

PyTorch

Job description

Company:

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Job Description

The Qualcomm Cloud AI team is developing software solutions for Inference Acceleration.

We are seeking an ambitious, bright and innovative engineer who has delivered commercial software and experience spanning design, compiler technology, performance modeling, and bottleneck analysis.

Job activities span the whole product life cycle from early R&D to commercial deployment. The environment is fast-paced and requires cross-functional interaction on a daily basis so good communication, planning and execution skills are a must.

We are looking to staff engineers at multiple levels in systems & software, integration and test. Details of one of the roles we are looking to staff are listed below.

Backfill position

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Ideal candidates for this position will demonstrate the following:

• Proven ability of planning, managing and deliver large commercial software projects
• Experience in serving frameworks, like vLLM
• Strong development skills in PyTorch
• Strong understanding of LLMs, Multi-modal and reasoning models
• Experience in executing, analyzing, and optimizing neural networks
• Experience in writing high performance software for multicore systems
• Experience with C++, Python
• Strong skills in analyzing performance of software/hardware solutions on multi-core architectures; understanding of multi-core architecture fundamentals (core, cache, memory, bus, PCIe, etc)
• Understanding of multi-core processor architecture and SoC architectures (NoCs, caches, memories, etc.)
• Experience with Performance modeling of SoC architectures
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and team player
• Experience with machine learning accelerators and related software is highly desired
• Background and understanding of neural network operators and mathematical operations: linear algebra, math libraries, desirable
• Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Networks & Systems and/or Computer Science

Where you will be working

Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.

There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.

A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

Equal Opportunities

We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

What's on Offer

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus
• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Employee stock purchase scheme
• Matching pension scheme
• Education Assistance
• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being
• Bicycle purchase scheme
• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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