Staff Linux Systems Software Engineer

Qualcomm; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 134,800 - 202,200; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead Linux-based system software development for datacenter platforms. You will own subsystems end-to-end, drive architecture decisions, and provide technical leadership across software, hardware, and platform teams.

Focus areas include host-side drivers, performance optimization, and security enablement for AI inference workloads. You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, hypervisor, security, and cloud teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/CS with 4+ years software experience.
• Master’s degree with 3+ years software experience.
• PhD with 2+ years software experience.
• 2+ years in C/C++/Java/Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize Linux user-space and kernel-adjacent drivers and libraries in modern C++.
• Lead host software stacks for high-performance AI inference and secure compute workloads.
• Drive API design, multi-threaded systems, and scalable software architectures.
• Own feature development, integration, and bring-up across hardware and software.

Skills

Linux

C/C++

Multi-threading

Linux kernel

Driver development

Git

Python

CI/Packaging

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Git

Docker

KVM

SR-IOV

PCIe

GTest

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead Linux-based system software development for datacenter platforms. You will own subsystems end-to-end, drive architecture decisions, and provide technical leadership across software, hardware, and platform teams.

Focus areas include host-side drivers, performance optimization, and security enablement for AI inference workloads. You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, hypervisor, security, and cloud teams to deliver