Software Engineer - San Jose, United States
$150,000 - $350,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 2 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
ChipAgents is seeking a Software Engineer to build customer-facing interfaces, backend systems, and cloud infrastructure for chip design and verification tools.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain backend services and platform infrastructure for the ChipAgents platform. - Design and implement interfaces for agentic chip design tools. - Debug and troubleshoot production issues across distributed systems and cloud environments. - Collaborate with product, research, and customer success teams to deliver software solutions. - Support customer deployments and integrations, providing technical guidance and solutions.
What you'll need
- B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field. - Strong programming fundamentals with proficiency in statically-typed languages (TypeScript, Java, Go, or similar). - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). - Proven ability to debug complex issues and write maintainable and extendable code. - Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, and performance in production environments.
Nice to have
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation). - Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). - Experience building agents or applications based on Large Language Models. - Understanding of DevOps practices and deployment workflows. - Prior experience in EDA, semiconductor, or technical B2B software.
Skills: backend services, distributed systems, cloud environments, CI/CD, TypeScript
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
1000
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$223k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | ChipAgents | All employers we track in this specialty (1000 roles · 89 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 1000 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1 | 6302 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 54 d (−54 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $223k |
Skills observed across this category: backend services, distributed systems, cloud environments, CI/CD, TypeScript
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 282 open roles · median 52 d
- Qualcomm · 65 open roles · median 53 d
- AMD · 57 open roles · median 27 d
- Graphcore · 50 open roles · median 101 d
- Intel Corporation · 48 open roles · median 15 d
- Cerebras · 35 open roles · median 91 d
How we counted: 1000 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 89 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 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.