Sr. Engineer, AI Developer Tools - AI Compiler

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

Tenstorrent is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to lead the evaluation and adoption of AI-powered development tools across our engineering stack. In this role, you will fine-tune and implement cutting-edge models, apply them to real compiler and infrastructure workflows, and help define how engineers at Tenstorrent build software. Success in this role requires deep ML experience, full-stack technical understanding, and the ability to turn emerging research into practical tools.

Who You Are

• A senior engineer with experience across the ML stack, including model design, training, fine-tuning, and evaluation
• Comfortable fine-tuning LLMs, building RAG pipelines, and customizing open-source models to support engineering workflows
• Skilled in C++ and Python, with experience in AI frameworks, compiler toolchains, and performance-critical systems
• Motivated by the potential of AI-assisted development and eager to apply it in real engineering environments

What We Need

• Engineers who understand how AI tools can accelerate development across the full Tenstorrent stack, from TT-MLIR and Metal to system scripting and model workflows
• Contributors who can fine-tune and deploy AI agents that assist with writing, debugging, and optimizing production code
• Builders who can benchmark tools, measure real-world impact, and make data-driven recommendations
• Collaborators who can guide adoption, build internal tooling, and support best practices across engineering teams

What You Will Learn

• Techniques for integrating AI-assisted development into real compiler, kernel, and infrastructure workflows
• Best practices for fine-tuning LLMs and building custom pipelines that align with engineering use cases
• The broader impact of AI tooling across full-stack software development, from low-level systems to high-level ML
• How Tenstorrent is building an AI-first engineering culture through practical, developer-focused innovation

_Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.

__Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

__Due to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, Tenstorrent is required to ensure compliance with licensing regulations when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries that have been licensing conditions set by the U.S. government.

__Our engineering positions and certain engineering support positions require access to information, systems, or technologies that are subject to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, please note that citizenship/permanent residency, asylee and refugee information and/or documentation will be required and considered as Tenstorrent moves through the employment process.

_If a U.S. export license is required, employment will not begin until a license with acceptable conditions is granted by the U.S. government. If a U.S. export license with acceptable conditions is not granted by the U.S. government, then the offer of employment will be rescinded.