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Principal AI Performance Architect & Modeling (Santa Clara)

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Location: Santa Clara, Santa Clara County
Region: North America
Grade: Principal
Category: Architecture
Country: United States

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Posted Sep 1, 2026

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d-Matrix is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead performance analysis across hardware/software boundaries of AI inference accelerators. You will build analytical models and simulators, collaborate with Hardware Design, Compiler, Inference Server, and Kernels teams to project performance for current and future silicon. The role emphasizes modeling workloads such as generative inference, multi-modal LLMs, and CoT reasoning, with hands-on development in C/C++ or Python, and strong J-18808…

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Principal System Software Engineer, AI Inference Execution

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Principal engineer builds and scales the AI inference software stack for d-Matrix’s custom compute engine, optimizing hardware-software co-design and collaborating across ML, compilers, and hardware teams.

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Principal Software Engineer, Kernels

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Develop and optimize software kernels for next-gen AI hardware, mapping computational graphs from ML frameworks to d-Matrix's compute engine architecture. Work across the full SW stack with compilers (MLIR/LLVM/TVM), implement ML operators (GEMMs, convolutions, softmax), and collaborate with hardware and compiler teams. Core tech: C/C++, Python, CUDA, SIMD vector processors.

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Principal Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

United States

At d-Matrix , we are focused on unleashing the potential of generative AI to power the transformation of technology. We are at the forefront of software and hardware innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is…

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Principal AI Performance Architect & Modeling (Santa Clara)

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