Software Engineer, Metal Runtime

Remote, USA
Posted Jun 13, 2026
Full-time

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. As a Software Engineer on the Metal Runtime team, you’ll work on the low-level software that powers AI accelerators, designing fast and efficient runtime systems that run directly on hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Build and optimize the Metal runtime that runs directly on our AI accelerators
  • Develop bare-metal software that controls compute units, data flow, and async operations
  • Work closely with hardware teams to get the most out of our architecture
  • Debug, analyze, and tune runtime performance across massively parallel systems

Skills

  • Strong coder in C or C++, and love working close to hardware
  • Comfortable thinking in terms of threads, processors, and memory movement, and experienced writing fast, parallel code that runs across multiple processors
  • Curious about how runtimes and bare-metal software come together to power AI
  • Collaborative by nature and enjoy solving tough problems with smart people
  • Build and optimize the Metal runtime that runs directly on our AI accelerators
  • Develop bare-metal software that controls compute units, data flow, and async operations
  • Work closely with hardware teams to get the most out of our architecture
  • Debug, analyze, and tune runtime performance across massively parallel systems

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation package
  • Equal opportunity employer

Company Overview

  • Tenstorrent develops AI hardware and software solutions for data processing and machine learning application. It was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://tenstorrent.com.

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