Software Engineer, Runtime

ABOUT THE JOB Designs and implements the low-level runtime stack that drives FuriosaAI's NPU hardware to its theoretical limits — from device driver interfaces and DMA-based I/O to kernel execution scheduling, multi-node inference, and embedded firmware. RESPONSIBILITIES - Develops the low-level runtime responsible for DMA-based I/O operations and kernel execution scheduling, maximizing inference throughput while minimizing end-to-end latency. - Builds and optimizes asynchronous execution pipelines that orchestrate data movement and compute across the NPU hardware. - Enables multi-node inference by implementing foundational communication primitives, including RDMA-based data transfer for low-latency, high-bandwidth inter-node operations. - Develops embedded firmware (PERT) that runs on the NPU's integrated ARM core, managing on-device scheduling, synchronization, and hardware resource control. - Profiles and tunes system-level performance across the full runtime stack — from firmware to user-space — to eliminate bottlenecks in real-world inference workloads. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. Strong systems programming background with 3+ years of experience in Rust, C, or C++. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience. - Strong communication skills for cross-team requirement gathering and technical alignment. - 3+ years of systems programming experience in Rust, C, or C++. - Solid understanding of computer architecture fundamentals: memory hierarchy, cache coherency, OS, DMA, interrupts, and MMIO. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Deep expertise in low-latency runtime systems, embedded firmware development, or high-performance I/O — especially in the context of accelerator hardware. - Experience designing and implementing low-latency asynchronous execution models and scheduling systems. - Experience with DMA engines, scatter-gather I/O, or other zero-copy data transfer mechanisms. - Experience developing embedded firmware for ARM-based processors (bare-metal or lightweight RTOS environments). - Familiarity with RDMA technologies and high-performance networking for distributed or multi-node systems. - Experience with CUDA low-level runtime internals such as CUDA Graphs, stream-based execution, and asynchronous kernel launch optimization. - Experience with kernel-level performance optimizations (e.g., Linux kernel modules, eBPF, perf, ftrace). - Understanding of deep learning inference workloads and their hardware execution characteristics. - Experience with profiling and performance tuning of system software on accelerator or SoC platforms. CONTACT - recruit@furiosa.ai