Hybrid Senior/Principal Software Engineer, Compiler & AI Tooling

at Code Metal

• Job title: Senior/Principal Software Engineer, Compiler & AI Tooling
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Distributed Systems, Python, PyTorch
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Software Engineer developing next-gen transpilation tools using AI for embedded systems. Leading architecture and implementation of code generation pipelines integrating AI and verification techniques.

Responsibilities

• Define software architecture for Agentic AI pipelines — including state machines, orchestration layers, and LLM-integrated workflows.
• Build well-tested, extensible code foundations for code translation products, with a focus on correctness and maintainability.
• Collaborate with domain specialists to incorporate formal verification and static analysis methods into the code generation pipeline.
• Partner with software engineering and research teams to build robust code repositories and CI/CD processes.
• Architect and implement complex workflows spanning code parsing, semantic analysis, AI-assisted generation, and output validation.

Requirements

• 7+ years of collaborative enterprise-level software development in C++ or Python, delivering products to a large customer base.
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements from stakeholders and translating them into software designs.
• Track record of planning and executing large projects in a team-based setting.
• Strong software delivery fundamentals: code review, testing, CI/CD, release management, and build systems.
• Hands-on experience building a compiler, transpiler, or substantial build tooling (e.g. a Cargo-equivalent, a custom linker, a language runtime).
• Deep familiarity with compiler infrastructure — Clang, LLVM, MLIR, or equivalent.
• Understanding of parsing, AST design, IR transformations, and code generation backends.
• Shipped production AI agentic systems — LLM orchestration, tool-use pipelines, multi-step reasoning, or autonomous code generation.
• Experience building reliable, observable AI workflows with structured outputs, retry logic, and evaluation frameworks.
• Familiarity with ML tools and frameworks (PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, or similar).
• Experience with advanced software verification techniques such as fuzzing, symbolic execution, or formal verification (e.g. TLA+, Coq, Z3).
• Hands-on experience with embedded, heterogeneous (FPGA and/or GPU), or distributed systems.
• Familiarity with DSP, RF, communications, or other compute-intensive domains.
• Experience optimizing and deploying software on constrained or specialized hardware.
• Current security clearance, or ability to obtain one (US Citizenship required for cleared work).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation at the upper end of market range — specific band shared during screening.
• 100% employer-paid health care premiums: medical, dental, and vision.
• 401(k) with 5% company match.
• Uncapped paid time off, plus sick leave and public holidays.
• Flexible hybrid or remote work arrangement.
• Relocation assistance for qualifying employees.
• *We are an equal opportunity employer. US Citizenship may be required for certain project assignments involving security clearance.*