Datacenter & Agentic AI Workload Performance Optimization Engineer - Remote
$100,000 - $500,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 5 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves optimizing software workloads on RISC-V platforms, focusing on datacenter and agentic AI workloads to improve throughput, latency, and efficiency.
What you'll do
- Identify performance bottlenecks in modern datacenter and agentic AI workloads (Java, Python, PHP, Node.js, Lua, Go, Rust).
- Develop software, compiler, runtime, and hardware-aware optimizations.
- Bring up and tune major runtimes.
- Profile real-world applications and investigate memory and concurrency behavior.
- Explore optimizations using RISC-V Vector/Matrix capabilities and custom instructions.
- Utilize AI-assisted development and automated optimization workflows for performance engineering.
What you'll need
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with experience in performance optimization, computer architecture, compilers, or systems software.
- Hands-on experience with runtime or compiler optimization (OpenJDK/JIT, LLVM, GCC, V8, Python, or equivalent systems).
- Strong understanding of CPU performance, memory hierarchies, concurrency, garbage collection, vector/SIMD optimization, and RISC-V architecture.
- Expertise with performance profiling and analysis tools such as Linux perf, runtime profilers, QEMU, tracing tools, and performance modeling environments.
- Strong programming skills in Java, Python, C/C++, and RISC-V assembly.
Skills: workload performance optimization, RISC-V platforms, compilers, runtime optimization, CPU microarchitecture
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 58-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
679
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Tenstorrent | All employers we track in this specialty (679 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 679 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 27 | 6047 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 132 d | 58 d (+74 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: workload performance optimization, RISC-V platforms, compilers, runtime optimization, CPU microarchitecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 168 open roles · median 73 d
- NVIDIA · 127 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 61 open roles · median 49 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 72 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 44 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 106 d
How we counted: 679 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.