Low-Level Systems Engineer — AI Runtime & APIs

Tenstorrent; Santa Clara, Austin (CA, TX); Hybrid; CAD 139,000 - 694,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenstorrent in the AI hardware space is seeking a Software Engineer for the Metal Runtime team. You will design fast runtime systems that run close to hardware and define APIs that expose these capabilities to the software stack.

This hybrid role is based across multiple locations including Santa Clara, CA; Austin, TX; and Toronto, ON. We welcome candidates at varying experience levels, with offers aligned to the level determined during the interview process.

Qualifications

• Strong C/C++ developer with a focus on low-level systems.
• Experience designing clean APIs and abstractions.
• Comfortable with concurrency and performance-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve high-performance host and device APIs for Tenstorrent's Metal Runtime.
• Develop intuitive abstractions exposing low-level hardware capabilities while maintaining performance and control.
• Partner with runtime, kernel, compiler, and software teams to build scalable, production-ready interfaces.
• Contribute to runtime implementation, debugging, performance optimization, and API integration across the software stack.
• Drive API quality through thoughtful design, usability improvements, and long-term maintainability.

Skills

C/C++ development

Low-level systems programming

API design

Concurrency

Job description

Tenstorrent in the AI hardware space is seeking a Software Engineer for the Metal Runtime team. You will design fast runtime systems that run close to hardware and define APIs that expose these capabilities to the software stack.

This hybrid role is based across multiple locations including Santa Clara, CA; Austin, TX; and Toronto, ON. We welcome candidates at varying experience levels, with offers aligned to the level determined during the interview process.