Senior SoC Systems Software Engineer – ML Accelerators

Amazon; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 261,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's Annapurna Labs unit seeks a Senior SoC Systems Software Engineer to push the boundary between hardware and software, from functional models to live silicon. You will own SoC model components, debug hardware/software interactions, and collaborate with architects, RTL designers, modelers, compiler engineers, and ML teams.

The role emphasizes low‑level firmware, drivers, runtime software, and performance optimization, with C++ near the hardware and Python for tooling.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• 7+ years of professional experience developing firmware, drivers, runtime software, or low‑level systems software for custom hardware (SoCs, ASICs, GPUs, CPUs, FPGAs)
• Experience programming in C++, Python, and/or Rust (preference for at least 2)
• Knowledge of SoC, CPU, GPU, and/or ASIC architecture and micro‑architecture

Responsibilities

• Develop and own components of our SoC models, both single‑chip and at the datacenter‑scale level
• Debug complex hardware/software interactions across the full software stack — from register‑level bring‑up on functional models and emulators, to performance analysis on live silicon
• Collaborate with chip architects, RTL designers, modelers, compiler engineers, and ML framework teams to co‑design and validate the hardware/software interface
• Contribute to the design of hardware features by providing a software perspective early in the chip development cycle
• Build tooling, test infrastructure, and automation that accelerates development for yourself and your teammates

Skills

C++

Python

Rust

SoC architecture

Performance optimization

Tools

QEMU

FPGA

Emulators

Job description

Amazon's Annapurna Labs unit seeks a Senior SoC Systems Software Engineer to push the boundary between hardware and software, from functional models to live silicon. You will own SoC model components, debug hardware/software interactions, and collaborate with architects, RTL designers, modelers, compiler engineers, and ML teams.

The role emphasizes low‑level firmware, drivers, runtime software, and performance optimization, with C++ near the hardware and Python for tooling.