The era of pervasive AI has arrived. In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations at scale.
SambaNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations. Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the SambaNova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy. Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets.
Our SambaStack inference serving platform is pushing the boundaries of generative AI and large language models. We are a team of passionate innovators tackling some of the world’s most challenging computational problems.
About the roleSambaNova is hiring Principal Software Engineers for the SambaStack platform. We help enterprises and service providers host their own AI inference platforms, powered by our state-of-the-art RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) architecture. Our cloud-agnostic, enterprise-grade inference serving platform enables seamless deployment, management, and scaling of foundation model workloads at production scale.
As a Principal Software Engineer on the SambaStack team, you will:
- Improve performance, scalability, and reliability
- Introduce new features and platform capabilities
- Design and build components for a state-of-the-art inference serving platform
- Drive technical execution across critical infrastructure initiatives
This is a high-impact, high-visibility role at the intersection of:
- AI infrastructure
- Enterprise software
- Developer experience
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Ensure stability, scalability, and performance of the AI inference platform
- Collaborate with ML, Product Managers, QA, and DevOps teams
- Develop components using Python, Go, and Rust
- Build and improve testing frameworks and automation
- Design and implement systems for new AI inference challenges
- Drive engineering excellence and software quality across the platform
- 8-12 years of software engineering experience
- Experience building backend systems in Python, Go, or Rust
- Strong experience with Unit testing, Integration testing, and End-to-end testing frameworks
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes and Helm Charts
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and experience building scalable, reliable services
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of software development best practices and coding standards
- Experience with Kubernetes ecosystem, including:
- Familiarity with AI inference serving and orchestration
- Experience with AI coding assistants and related technologies
- Knowledge of ML application optimization and productionization
- Ability to design and build cloud-native systems
Base Salary Range:
Submission Guidelines
Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at SambaNova Systems, you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified.
EEO Policy
SambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Benefits Summary for US-Based, Full-Time Employment Positions
SambaNova offers a competitive total rewards package, including the base salary, plus equity and benefits. We cover 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, and 77% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution. We also offer Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans in addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care. Our library of well-being benefits available to you and your dependents includes a full subscription to Headspace, Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms, One Medical membership, counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program, and much more.
Skills Required
- 8-12 years of software engineering experience
- Experience building backend systems in Python, Go, or Rust
- Strong experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes and Helm Charts
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and experience building scalable, reliable services
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of software development best practices and coding standards
- Experience with the Kubernetes ecosystem
- Familiarity with AI inference serving and orchestration
- Experience with AI coding assistants and related technologies
- Knowledge of ML application optimization and productionization
- Ability to design and build cloud-native systems
What We Do
AI is changing the world and at SambaNova, we believe that you don’t need unlimited resources to take advantage of the most advanced, valuable AI capabilities - capabilities that are helping organizations explore the universe, find cures for cancer, and giving companies access to insights that provide a competitive edge. We deliver the world’s fastest and only complete AI solution for enterprises and governments with world-record inference performance and accuracy. Powered by the SambaNova SN40L Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU), organizations can build a technology backbone for the next decade of AI innovation with SambaNova Suite. Our fully integrated hardware-software system, DataScale®, enables organizations to train, fine-tune, and deploy the most demanding AI workloads using the largest and most challenging models. Most recently, with the launch of our newest offering, SambaNova Cloud, developers can supercharge AI-powered applications on Llama 3.2 models. SambaNova was founded in 2017 in Palo Alto, California, by a group of industry luminaries, business leaders, and world-class innovators who understand AI. Today, we’ve built an incredibly smart and motivated team dedicated to making a lasting impact on the industry and equipping our customers to thrive in the new era of AI.
Why Work With Us
As a talent first company, we aim to hire the greatest and most innovative minds in the industry- driving the next generation of AI computing where no barrier is too high and the possibilities are truly limitless. We encourage our peers to take risks and take the initiative to make a lasting impact on the AI and ML industries.
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