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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior SoC Systems Software Engineer, Annapurna Labs Machine Learning Accelerators, AWS - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $193,300.0 - $261,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Code Review, Microarchitecture, Software Debugging, Device Drivers, Microprocessors, Distributed Systems, Emulators, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), Linux Kernel, Machine Learning, PCI Express, Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Software Engineering, Multithreading, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Low Latency, Bare Metal, Build Process, Asynchronous Programming, Software Coding, Software Version Control - **Published:** July 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F6FD35F3A45049FA984F39F9F69A151A/job/ ## About the Role * Are comfortable reading hardware specs and translating them into working software * Have debugged problems where the root cause could be in hardware, software, or the interface between them * Have built firmware, drivers, runtime software, or communication libraries for SoCs, ASICs, GPUs, CPUs, or FPGAs * Care about performance and have experience profiling and optimizing latency-sensitive or throughput-critical code paths * Are comfortable in C++ close to the hardware and use Python for tooling and automation * Enjoy working on a small, high-impact team where you own significant pieces of the stack end-to-end Although we are building machine learning chips, no machine learning background is needed for this role. Any ML knowledge required can be learned on the job - what matters is your ability to write great low-level software and reason about hardware., * 6+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience * Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team * 7+ years of professional experience developing firmware, drivers, runtime software, or low-level systems software for custom hardware (SoCs, ASICs, GPUs, CPUs, FPGAs) * Experience programming in C++, Python, and/or Rust (preference for at least 2) * Knowledge of SoC, CPU, GPU, and/or ASIC architecture and micro-architecture, * Experience with collective communication libraries or distributed systems primitives (MPI, NCCL, RCCL, or similar) * Experience debugging using functional models, QEMU, FPGA, or emulators * Experience with Linux kernel development, device drivers, or bare-metal firmware * Experience building functional or performance models of SoCs * Experience co-designing hardware/software interfaces with architecture or RTL teams * Familiarity with PCIe, DMA engines, on-chip interconnects, or network-on-chip architectures * Experience with performance profiling and optimization of latency-sensitive software * Experience with multi-threaded, multi-process, or asynchronous programming models ## Related Videos - [Unleashing the Full Potential of the Arm Architecture – Write Once, Deploy Anywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/940-unleashing-the-full-potential-of-the-arm-architecture-write-once-deploy-anywhere) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Thinking Differently - How to Make Money from Cyber Attacks & Cheats](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/745-thinking-differently-how-to-make-money-from-cyber-attacks-cheats) - [Profiling Symfony & PHP apps with Blackfire](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/265-profiling-symfony-php-apps-with-blackfire) - [From Model to Metal: An Open Source Stack for Accelerating Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1636-from-model-to-metal-an-open-source-stack-for-accelerating-intelligence) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)