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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # System Software Engineer - **Company:** Matx Inc - **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $275,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Board Bringup, C (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Unit Testing, Profiling, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Datasheets, Software Debugging, Linux, Device Drivers, Memory Management, Emulators, Failover, Firmware, Monitoring of Systems, Linux Kernel, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, System Software, Computer Equipment, Information Technology, Performance Monitor - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/system-software-engineer-mountain-view-ca--66746402-09f6-4f50-b938-8e8e4f90d9b9 ## About the Role * BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, with 8+ years of experience in the following areas * Strong hands-on development experience in Linux, both in low-level userspace libraries as well as device drivers in the Linux kernel * Ability to read hardware data sheets, register definitions etc. to program hardware devices * Experience in user-facing software bring-up on new custom silicon * Strong C programming skills * In-depth knowledge of computer hardware and system architecture * Good understanding of low-level operating systems interfaces - threads, process management, memory management etc * Experience debugging issues related to complex hardware-software interaction * This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday Bonus Points If You Have * Experience in hardware bring-up, simulation, and emulation environments * Good understanding of system-level architecture, interrupts, memory mapped IO, direct memory access, computer systems interconnect, memory hierarchy etc * Performance tuning and optimization in kernel drivers and modules, low-level libraries, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Budgeting, C Programming Language, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Computer Engineering, Computer Firmware, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Systems, Datasheets, Debugging Skills, Device Drivers, Disability Insurance, Diversity, Electrical Engineering, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Failover, Genetics, Health Plan, Kernel Programming, Life Insurance, Linux Drivers, Linux Kernel Drivers, Linux Operating System, Machine Tool, Memory Hardware, Memory Management, Military, Operating Systems, Performance Analysis, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Physics, Process Management, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Recruiting/Staffing Agency, Regulations, Reimbursement, Software Design, Software Development, Software Engineering, State Laws and Regulations, System Architecture, Systems Engineering, Unit Test ## Description MatXs mission is to make the world's best AI models run as efficiently as allowed by physics, bringing the world years ahead in AI quality and availability. MatX is seeking System Software Engineer to join our team as we create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. Successful candidates for these roles will be responsible for delivering performant and functionally accurate silicon for MatX products across compute, memory management. High-speed connectivity and other key technologies. As an System Software Engineer reporting to our Systems Software Lead, youll contribute to the System Software Team. Youll join a talented group of engineers helping us to create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. As part of a small team, youll help see your ideas come to life and see the impacts of your work. What Youll Do Here * Work closely with the architecture teams, silicon design teams and other software/firmware teams to architect, design, and implement scalable and high-performance system software components, including device drivers in Linux, low-level libraries and daemons * Deliver unit-tests for all software components being developed, including kernel level softwares * CPU/memory subsystem optimization for the host system stack * Write debug and performance monitoring utilities * Performance profiling, look for opportunities to reduce operating system overheads * Influence the design of next generations of accelerators, and the host system software stack * Design system software components to improve system observability, improve resiliency * Design and implement cluster management solutions and failover algorithms to minimize downtime * Bring up and help debug issues during new chip bring-up in close collaboration with hardware engineers * Productize system software stack across various CPU ISAs and operating system versions ## Related Videos - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [System Resilience: Surviving the Software Storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/874-system-resilience-surviving-the-software-storm) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [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 - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers)