Annapurna Labs
Technology
Sr.SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer-SiliconDevelopment
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“Sr. Software Development Engineer - Silicon Development at Annapurna Labs. Skills: Silicon Development Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, HPC, Automation, Observability. Partner with design, verification, emulation, software teams. Build tooling and automation”
What You'll Achieve.
Accelerate silicon development; Iterate faster; Validate more thoroughly; Bring transformative silicon to market; Enable chip design teams; Reduce time-to-results; Provide optimal resources; Improve system resilience
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years software development experience, 5+ years programming experience, 5+ years leading design or architecture, 5+ years administrative experience, Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals, Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, CE or related, Experience programming with C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
Nice to Have
5+ years full software development lifecycle, Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions, Experience with Linux/Unix, Experience automating, deploying, supporting infrastructure, Experience building services using AWS products, Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Experience with HPC clusters using Slurm, Familiarity with semiconductor development workflows, Familiarity with EDA environments, Experience with monitoring, observability, incident management
What You'll Do.
Build tooling and automation
Eliminate manual toil
Reduce time-to-results
Gather continuous feedback
Rapidly iterate on solutions
Benchmark infrastructure
Provide optimal resources
Design cloud infrastructure
Implement cloud infrastructure
Operate cloud infrastructure
Implement HPC clusters
Build CI/CD pipelines
Maintain CI/CD pipelines
Take ownership of platform reliability
Take ownership of platform performance
Take ownership of platform cost efficiency
Develop monitoring systems
Develop diagnostics systems
Develop alerting systems
Establish incident response processes
Establish documentation
Anticipate system failures
Implement preventive measures
Reduce operational toil
Improve system resilience
Develop Machine Learning Accelerators
Contribute to infrastructure
Investigate anomalies
Optimize regression workflows
Simplify infrastructure access
Contribute to monitoring dashboards
Participate in design reviews
Contribute to postmortems
Balance customer needs
Review infrastructure-as-code changes
Collaborate across teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Silicon design teams; Verification teams; Emulation teams; Software teams; Hardware teams; Operations disciplines; Chip designers; Verification engineers; Software developers
Process & Methodology
Infrastructure-as-code
Full Job Description
We're seeking a Software Development Engineer to help architect, build, and operate the infrastructure that accelerates silicon development at Annapurna Labs. In this role, you'll contribute to the platforms, tooling, and automation that enable our chip design teams to iterate faster, validate more thoroughly, and bring transformative silicon to market. You'll work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing, and electronic design automation—building systems that directly impact AWS's ability to innovate in custom silicon. This is a unique opportunity to grow your skills in infrastructure that supports chip development while working with world-class engineers across hardware, software, and operations disciplines. Key job responsibilities Customer-Focused Infrastructure Development • Partner with silicon design, verification, emulation, and software teams to understand their development workflows, pain points, and iteration cycles. • Build tooling and automation that eliminates manual toil and reduces time-to-results. • Gather continuous feedback from internal customers and rapidly iterate on solutions. Benchmark infrastructure based on silicon development workflows to provide internal customers with the optimal resources for silicon development. Own Platform Delivery and Operations • Design, implement, and operate cloud infrastructure and high-performance computing clusters using schedulers like Slurm. • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code and service deployments with comprehensive testing and safe rollback mechanisms. • Take ownership of platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency from initial design through production operation. Drive Results Through Automation and Observability • Develop monitoring, diagnostics, and alerting systems that surface actionable insights on efficiency, utilization, reliability, and cost trends. • Establish incident response processes, runbooks, and documentation that enab
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