About the Team The Software Engineering team is responsible for designing and building the scalable, performant, and secure backend systems that power our products—from early prototypes to large-scale deployments. We collaborate closely with product, hardware, and full-stack teams to ensure our infrastructure enables fast iteration while setting a strong foundation for long-term growth. About the Role As a Backend Engineer , you will design and build services, APIs, and infrastructure that support evolving product needs. You’ll apply a deep understanding of backend systems and maintain enough end-to-end context—from hardware to cloud—to guide technical decisions that best serve the product and team. We’re looking for engineers who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and care deeply about building robust systems that scale. This role is based in San Francisco, CA . We use a hybrid work model of four days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Architect, build, and maintain high-performance, secure backend systems. Design APIs, data models, and infrastructure to support evolving product needs. Balance near-term development velocity with long-term maintainability and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive, end-to-end solutions. You might thrive in this role if you: Have 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems. Have a proven track record of building and scaling systems from early stage to large scale. Are proficient with Python and Go, and familiar with a range of server-side technologies. Have a strong grasp of system design, performance optimization, and security best practices. Can reason about full-stack tradeoffs from hardware through cloud infrastructure. (Nice to have) Have experience with distributed systems and cloud architectures. (Nice to have) Bring a background in instrumentation, analytics, and performanc
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About the Team The OpenAI Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples’ lives. About the Role As a Research Engineer, Distributed Data Systems, you will design and scale the infrastructure that powers large-scale multimodal training and evaluation at OpenAI. You’ll manage distributed data pipelines, collaborate closely with researchers to translate requirements into robust systems, and harden pipelines that serve as the backbone for OpenAI's rapid iteration cycles. We’re looking for engineers who are detail-oriented, have strong experience with distributed systems, and excel at building reliable infrastructure in high-stakes environments. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as distributed compute, data orchestration, distributed storage, streaming infrastructure, machine learning infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. Ensure our data platform can scale by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient. Partner with researchers to deeply understand requirements and translate them into production-ready systems. Harden, optimize, and maintain critical data infrastructure systems that power multimodal training and evaluation. You might thrive in this role if you: Have strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure with a strong interest in data. Are detail-oriented and bring rigor to building and maintaining reliable systems. Demonstrate excellent software enginee
About the Team The GPT Infrastructure team builds systems that turn advances in model inference and optimization into reliable production capabilities. We enable OpenAI workloads to be qualified and optimized across new accelerator platforms without requiring a one-off port and tuning effort for every hardware target. Our work spans distributed systems, model execution, compilers and runtimes, performance engineering, secure partner integrations, evaluation systems, and developer tooling. We build the infrastructure that makes optimization workflows automated, reproducible, and trustworthy. About the Role We are seeking a software engineer to help build the platform that qualifies and optimizes inference workloads across heterogeneous compute environments. You will develop both OpenAI-hosted services and secure partner-side software for running long-lived optimization workflows. These workflows generate candidate kernels, runtime configurations, and serving-stack changes; compile and execute them on target hardware; verify their correctness; measure their performance; and use the results to guide further optimization. You will work across model architecture, distributed execution, compilers, runtimes, networking, and accelerator systems. A central part of the role is turning research prototypes and one-off hardware bring-up efforts into reliable, reusable infrastructure with clear contracts, reproducible results, strong observability, and well-defined security boundaries. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and operate APIs and control-plane services for long-running workload qualification and optimization campaigns, including scheduling, retries, checkpointing, resource budgets, and observability. Build secure partner-side execution and evaluation software that can compile, run, verify, profile, and benchmark candidate artifacts on accelerator hardware. Integrate model workloads, hardware profiles, compiler toolchains, runtimes, serving engines, and distributed-exe
About the Team OpenAI’s Infrastructure organization builds and evaluates the systems that power advanced AI workloads. We work closely with hardware, modeling, and architecture teams to ensure that new platforms deliver real-world performance aligned with workload needs. Our team focuses on understanding workload behavior across evolving hardware platforms—bridging the gap between theoretical capability and observed system performance. About the Role We are seeking a Workload Porting & Performance Engineer to evaluate new hardware platforms by porting benchmarks and real-world workloads, analyzing performance, and identifying system bottlenecks. In this role, you will bring up workloads on new systems, characterize performance behavior, and adapt workloads to better utilize hardware capabilities. You will play a critical role in validating new platforms and ensuring that performance aligns with expectations across compute, memory, and networking subsystems. This role requires strong hands-on experience with performance analysis, workload optimization, and system-level debugging across hardware and software boundaries. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance. Key Responsibilities Port and enable benchmarks and real-world workloads on new hardware platforms. Evaluate system performance across compute, memory, storage, and networking subsystems. Identify and analyze performance bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Adapt and optimize workloads to better utilize hardware capabilities. Develop and run performance experiments and profiling workflows. Compare expected vs. observed performance and provide feedback to: hardware architecture teams performance modeling teams system and software engineers. Debug issues across the stack, including software, runtime, and hardware interactions. Provide actionable insights to guide platform readiness and deployment decisions. Qualifications E
$59.4K – $89.6K/yr
Software Quality Engineer Description - This role is responsible for maintaining the quality, reliability, and performance of software applications throughout the development lifecycle. The role identifies and rectifies defects, ensures adherence to established quality standards, and contributes to the overall improvement of the software development process. The role involves various activities aimed at preventing and detecting issues, thereby enhancing the end user experience. The role creates and executes comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on project specifications. *Onsite in Ft. Collins 5-days a week Responsibilities • Executes established test plans and protocols for assigned portions of code for end-user applications, systems software, and firmware running on hardware, local, networked, and Internet- based platforms; identifies, logs, and debugs assigned issues. • Perform Functional and Solution Testing of Video/Collaboration Software • Additionally, codes and programs test scripts, automation, and integration activities based on specific test requirements. • Conducts functional, integration, regression, and performance testing to validate software functionality. • Automates testing processes using appropriate tools and frameworks to improve efficiency and repeatability. • Monitors and enforces adherence to established coding standards, design guidelines, and best practices. • Monitors software performance and conducts load and stress testing to identify bottlenecks and performance issues. • Prepares and maintains QA-related documentation, including test plans, test matrices, and testing reports. • Develops understanding of and relationship with internal and outsourced development partners on software applications design and development. • Participates as a member of project
$59.4K – $89.6K/yr
Software Quality Engineer Description - This role is responsible for maintaining the quality, reliability, and performance of software applications throughout the development lifecycle. The role identifies and rectifies defects, ensures adherence to established quality standards, and contributes to the overall improvement of the software development process. The role involves various activities aimed at preventing and detecting issues, thereby enhancing the end user experience. The role creates and executes comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on project specifications. *Onside in Ft Collins 5-days a week Responsibilities • Executes established test plans and protocols for assigned portions of code for end-user applications, systems software, and firmware running on hardware, local, networked, and Internet- based platforms; identifies, logs, and debugs assigned issues. • Perform Functional and Solution Testing of Video/Collaboration Software • Additionally, codes and programs test scripts, automation, and integration activities based on specific test requirements. • Conducts functional, integration, regression, and performance testing to validate software functionality. • Automates testing processes using appropriate tools and frameworks to improve efficiency and repeatability. • Monitors and enforces adherence to established coding standards, design guidelines, and best practices. • Monitors software performance and conducts load and stress testing to identify bottlenecks and performance issues. • Prepares and maintains QA-related documentation, including test plans, test matrices, and testing reports. • Develops understanding of and relationship with internal and outsourced development partners on software applications design and development. • Participates as a member of project t
We are now looking for a Senior Deep Learning Software Engineer, PyTorch. NVIDIA is hiring software engineers to design and build tools used by AI engineers across the world to design, develop, and deploy AI applications scalable across thousands of GPUs. This position will embed you in an ambitious and diverse team that influences all areas of NVIDIA's AI platform as well as directly contributes to PyTorch, a premiere deep learning framework. In this role you will work with multiple teams at NVIDIA across fields, as well as collaborate internationally with the PyTorch community to develop the best AI platform in the world. What you will be doing: Design and build PyTorch components that run efficiently on supercomputers with 1000s-100ks of GPUs. Collaborate with NVIDIA’s hardware and software teams to improve the overall GPU performance in PyTorch. Design, build and support production AI solutions used by enterprise customers and partners. Work with internal applied researchers to improve their AI tools. What we need to see: BS in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent experience). 3+ years professional experience in deep learning. Proficient with C++ programming. Strong understanding of systems software and interfaces. Demonstrated experience with Thread and Distributed Parallel Programming Demonstrated background developing large software projects. Strong verbal and written communication skills Ways to stand out from the crowd: Contributions and participation in the open source community. Familiarity with deep learning compilers. Familiarity with deep learning modeling trends. Background with CUDA Programming as well as Python.
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Are you a curiosity driven technologist who can quickly understand how an AI system works, identify where it could be misused or fail, and help a team find a practical path forward? Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior AI Security Risk Analyst to provide hands-on security support for AI systems, agents, workflows, tools, and integrations across SIE. Role Summary: In this role, you will operate at the intersection of modern AI technology, security risk, architecture, and enablement. You will conduct AI security reviews using SIE’s established security risk assessment methodology, policies, standards, and control expectations, adapting their application to AI-enabled and agentic systems and identifying where AI-specific guidance or controls are needed. You will coordinate risk-focused design and architecture input and translate AI-specific weaknesses into decision-ready recommendations and engineering actions. You will serve as an approachable security partner, working cross-functionally with teams across SIE’s business units and functions to support a diverse range of AI use cases, systems, and technologies. You will work especially closely with Responsible AI & Governance and coordinate expertise across Information Security teams and IT &
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. This is a 12-month contract. This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this position. PLEASE NOTE: START DATE WILL BE JANUARY 2027 Bend Studio, renowned creator of Days Gone , Uncharted: Golden Abyss , and Syphon Filter , is seeking outstanding talent to join our passionate and creative team in crafting our next high-profile AAA title. We are seeking a Community Manager to deliver execution of marketing and social strategies to support the game and its players. In this role, you will be embedded with our community and act as a voice of the studio to incentivize long-term retention, create engaging content to help shape the identity of all public-facing channels, and drive daily engagement with our players. The ideal candidate will possess a combination of communication skills, creativity, and passion for our games to represent our players and our studio. This role is eligible for full remote work. Responsibilities: Engage with the community daily through our official social media channels. Actively stay on current trends that relate to our brand and games to create engaging and original content. Collaborate effectively with Marketing,
Configuration Management Specialist (Associate, Experienced and Lead) Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems (SI&WS) in Seal Beach California or Colorado Springs, Colorado, is seeking an Configuration Management Specialist (Associate, Experienced and Lead) to support the ESS – MPA Phase 3 Program. Responsibilities of this position include but not limited to oversee and review of software and hardware documentation for internal consistency and adherence to Boeing and program standards, oversee configuration control of work products, generating CM records as evidence of adherence to CM plans and Boeing standards, verifies accuracy of deliveries, both internal and external, support Change Boards, and responds to internal audits and customer queries. This position requires the CM representative to lead the CM activities for the program and also be responsible for maintaining large number of documents. This position is expected to be 100% onsite in Seal Beach CA or Colorado Springs CO This position also requires the person to have an active DOD-Secret Clearance . Position Responsibilities: Responsibilities of a Software CM practitioner include but not limited to review of software documentation for internal consistency and adherence to Boeing and program standards, oversee configuration control of software work products, generates Software CM records as evidence of adherence to Software CM plans and Boeing standards, verifies accuracy of software deliveries, both internal and external, support Change Boards, and responds to internal audits and customer queries Other duties include, evaluate contracts and modifications in order to establish Contract Data
Associate Software Engineer Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Software Engineer to support the ADaPS organization in Huntsville, AL. ADaPS (an organization of over 100 software engineers) supports programs across the entire portfolio of Boeing products including Space Launch Systems (SLS), Satellite Efforts, and Advanced Missile Defense efforts including Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC3) and Integrated Fires Protection Capability 2nd Interceptor (IFPC – 2). ADaPS specializes in implementing rapid prototyping and development programs using small, adaptable agile teams. Position Responsibilities: Assists with the development and fielding of flight software for seeker systems Assists with the design and development of test software for seeker software Assists with the development and integration of Weapons Open System Architecture Framework Domains into missile and weapons systems Assists with the development firmware and its integration with hardware/software Works in small agile teams composed of diverse engineering skills Use your talents to tackle complex problems on a variety of programs Develops technical products, plans, documentation, and briefings in support of program requirements Assists with review, analysis and translation of customer requirements into initial design of software products Supports development, documentation and maintenance of architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software products Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires
Job Details: Job Description: The Role and Impact Join Intel's Design Technology Platform (DTP) organization and become an integral part of a highly skilled team driving the development of cutting-edge technologies. As an EDA Tools Software Engineer, you will design, develop, test, and debug software tools and methodologies that directly support Intel's hardware product design and manufacturing processes. Your work will enable design teams to innovate faster, meet complex manufacturability constraints, and deliver industry-leading products to market. By contributing to Intel's advanced process technologies, you will play a pivotal role in achieving leadership in design automation and fostering a culture of innovation. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and debug Fill components of Process Design Kits (PDKs), Provide algorithmic solutions using tools such as Calibre, ICV, and Pegasus to address density deficiencies and ensure manufacturability compliance. Collaborate with process developers, design rule owners, and end users to define requirements and implement state-of-the-art solutions. Automate workflows to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and deployment across design teams. Develop comprehensive test cases and systems to validate software tools and ensure seamless integration with various design methodologies. Innovate and drive advancements in EDA tools and methodologies to meet the evolving needs of Intel's technology ecosystem. Partner with cross-functional teams and external EDA vendors to define and implement new tool features and methodologies. Maintain documentation, including training materials and user guides, to support customers and ensure robust deployment.
Experienced Electrical & Test Engineer Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) seeks an Experienced Electrical and Test Engineer to serve as an Automated Test Equipment Engineer to join our Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Electrical Engineering Capability Team in Huntsville, AL . We design, sustain, and upgrade next generation electronics concepts and support production and special test equipment design for increasing capacity requirements. Position Responsibilities: Support design of automated test equipment, development of engineering documentation, and hardware fabrication, integration, and validation testing Develop, document, and maintain electronic and electrical system requirements according to customer desires and contract requirements Create and implement overall Test Equipment Design strategies Review and apply real-time test anomaly troubleshooting and resolution of issues encountered during hardware validation and verification testing Support fielded test equipment hardware and software over the entire product lifecycle Research emerging technologies for potential applications to meet projected requirements Perform Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations, troubleshooting, and resolutions This position requires the ability to get a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim U.S. secret clearance Pre Start and final U.S. secret clearance Post Start is required. Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Sc
Experienced Engineering Technical Specialist Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking Experienced Engineering Technical Specialists (Level 3) to join the team in Berkeley, MO. This position supports Risk Managed Framework compliance across multiple avionics test labs as well as the administration of embedded PCs and host PCs on avionics test benches. The Lab Infrastructure team is responsible for the design, modification, and troubleshooting of all test benches used in the avionics' lab to support systems integration testing on the F-15. Position Responsibilities Build and configure embedded PCs and host PCs on test benches Support RHEL 9 Installation, configuration, patching and maintenance of Linux server environments Support containerization Provide active directory management and file server management Troubleshoot user problems related to hardware, software, or processes Conduct monthly OS patching and anti-virus updates Create user accounts and reset passwords Run backups on workstations and servers Maintain compliance with Risk Managed Framework and NISPOM rules Keep facility signage up to date Maintain lab access list Travel may be required up to 10% of the time; domestically and/or internationally depending on business needs. This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active) Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience) <ul
Early Career Mechanical Design Engineer Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) is looking for an Early Career Mechanical Design Engineer to support the Environmental Test Design Engineering team in Berkeley, MO. The primary focus of this position is to support St. Louis Environmental Lab testing for local Boeing Defense & Space (BDS) programs. The design team works in partnership with the lab test teams to provide the designs and hardware needed to complete testing. Test capabilities within the Environmental labs include vibrational/structural dynamics, acoustic, airflow systems, fuel flow systems, high temperature flow impingement, and environmental control chambers, where temperature, humidity, and pressure are varied. Mechanical Design Engineers on the team design and modify test articles, fixtures, and support structures that integrate with our lab facilities. Design work ranges from adapters and fixtures to full test rigs and complete aircraft subsystems with their support structures. Responsibilities include designing interfaces to facility infrastructure such as supplied pressure, heating/cooling, power, hydraulics, and a full suite of instrumentation. Design Engineers support fabrication, installation, connection, and acceptance/check-out to deliver test-ready hardware. Boeing St. Louis is building the future ‒ creating innovative solutions that will define the next generation of aerospace. As part of this team, you will have the opportunity to work on the latest military aircraft and weapons programs such as T-7A, F-15, F/A-18, MQ-25, JDAM, SDB, in addition to Phantom Works proprietary efforts. Position Responsibilities: Develop mechanical design criteria from
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