Senior Software Engineering Manager, System Software (AI)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States of America

Salary: $179,000–$252,000 per year

Company

hirify.global IQ is hirify.global’s AI innovation lab, combining startup agility with hirify.global’s global scale to build intelligent technologies across hirify.global’s products and services.

What you will do

• Lead, grow, mentor, hire, and support a high-performing embedded software team in a startup environment.
• Own system-level strategy, architecture, and technical direction across multiple products.
• Drive low-level driver and framework development in C and C++ across multiple devices and operating systems.
• Serve as the technical escalation point for complex hardware/software integration issues and oversee cross-functional alignment.
• Guide performance, power, and thermal optimization efforts.
• Communicate technical vision, risks, progress, roadmaps, priorities, and deliverables to technical, cross-functional, and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in system software engineering and/or embedded platform software development.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including mentoring, hiring, team growth, and navigating ambiguity in fast-paced environments.
• Deep expertise in system design and architecture.
• Proficiency in embedded C and modern C++.
• Experience developing on Windows, Android, or Linux.
• Experience developing stable APIs with backward compatibility, scalability, and maintainability across system software platforms.
• Proven experience leading teams in fast-paced environments and driving cross-functional programs from concept to delivery.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with optimization tools such as Perfmon and Perfetto.
• Working knowledge of Java and/or Kotlin.
• Experience porting reference algorithms to hardware accelerators such as GPUs and DSPs.
• Experience with board bring-up, driver development, and I2C, SPI, or UART communication protocols.
• Familiarity with ARM System-on-Chip architecture.
• Experience developing bare-metal firmware for microcontrollers.
• Ability to use lab equipment such as logic analyzers to debug low-level software issues.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup-style autonomy and agility backed by hirify.global’s global scale.
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, employee assistance, and flexible spending benefits.
• Four to twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave based on tenure, 11 paid holidays, and additional paid vacation and sick leave.
• Flexible work environment focused on intelligent computing and workplace transformation.