System and Software Optimization Engineer - Bangalore, India
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role involves optimizing software and hardware interactions to enhance performance across various platforms and applications. The position focuses on advancing data-centric solutions by delivering innovative platforms and technologies for high-performance computing, data management, and infrastructure systems.
What you'll do
- Optimize cross-stack software to maximize performance and functionality of Intel platforms across diverse domains such as cloud, enterprise, AI, HPC, and edge systems.
- Analyze and benchmark platform performance, including metrics like power, responsiveness, security, and system efficiency.
- Collaborate with partners and customers to understand their software stacks, align roadmaps, and identify opportunities to deliver enhanced value through Intel technologies.
- Develop key performance indicators and system-level measurement methodologies to evaluate hardware-software interactions and platform optimization.
- Act as a technical advisor, providing insights and guidance to influence Intel's platform and technology roadmaps.
What you'll need
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline, with 6+ years of hands-on experience in system-level optimization, software engineering, or related domains.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, BASH scripting or similar for system-level software development and optimization.
- Experience with performance analysis tools and methodologies, including power profiling, benchmarking, and debugging software-hardware interactions.
- Knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, and hardware/software interfaces.
- Proficiency in Linux OS, Ubuntu or Redhat Linux.
Nice to have
- Experience in optimizing software in specific segments such as AI, HPC, cloud, or edge computing.
- Experience with workload profiling and analysis.
- Experience with Linux application performance tuning, Virtualization Technologies, and Containerization technologies.
- Familiarity with system-level KPIs/KEIs and their application in platform measurement methodologies.
Skills: software optimization, hardware interactions, platform performance, benchmarking, Linux OS
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 46-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
861
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Median days open
46 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (861 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 26 | 861 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 157 | 5873 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 46 d (−1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: software optimization, hardware interactions, platform performance, benchmarking, Linux OS
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 258 open roles · median 39 d
- Qualcomm · 56 open roles · median 67 d
- AMD · 38 open roles · median 23 d
- Cerebras · 38 open roles · median 57 d
- Graphcore · 36 open roles · median 87 d
- Renesas Electronics · 32 open roles · median 29 d
How we counted: 861 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Sept 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.