Senior Software Engineer - FPGA/CPU Performance (Equity)

Silicon45 Corp.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Silicon45 Corp. in Portland, OR, seeks a senior software engineer to build the integration layer between kdb+/q and FPGA accelerator runtimes, delivering low-latency data paths.

You will optimize data movement across CPU and accelerator memory, implement query offload, and collaborate with performance engineering and hardware teams.

The role requires 5+ years in performance-critical systems and expert C/C++ Linux programming, with strong profiling and hardware integration experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field and 5+ years of experience with performance-critical systems.
• Expert C/C++ Linux programming proficiency.
• Experience with performance profiling, hardware counters, and accelerator integration (GPUs/FPGA).
• Strong understanding of data movement, low-latency paths, and IPC in heterogeneous environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop integration layer between kdb+/q and FPGA runtime libraries.
• Build low-latency data paths and implement query offload.
• Optimize data movement across CPU and accelerator memory.

Skills

C++

Linux Systems Programming

Performance Engineering

Memory Management

NUMA

Data Structures

Algorithms

IPC

Shared Memory

Profiling

Systems Design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

kdb+/q

PCIe/DMA

FPGA Integration

Python

Git/CI

Job description

Silicon45 Corp. in Portland, OR, seeks a senior software engineer to build the integration layer between kdb+/q and FPGA accelerator runtimes, delivering low-latency data paths.

You will optimize data movement across CPU and accelerator memory, implement query offload, and collaborate with performance engineering and hardware teams.

The role requires 5+ years in performance-critical systems and expert C/C++ Linux programming, with strong profiling and hardware integration experience.