5G Telco Cloud and AI Software Engineer

Location: On-site in Leixlip, Ireland

Annual salary: €63,600–€118,800

Company

hirify.global develops processors, accelerators, and software platforms for computing, cloud, AI, and telecommunications applications.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and optimize cloud-native software platforms for AI-powered solutions in 5G Wireless Core environments.
• Develop distributed software services and Kubernetes-based applications integrating AI/ML, large language models, and cloud-native telecommunications platforms.
• Build and optimize AI inference and model-serving solutions using technologies such as OpenVINO, vLLM, PyTorch, and TensorFlow.
• Optimize software for hirify.global Xeon processors, accelerators, GPU, and heterogeneous computing platforms.
• Translate customer and business requirements into software solutions and support workshops, proof-of-concepts, demonstrations, and deployments.
• Contribute to software architecture, feature definition, technical roadmaps, and evaluation of emerging AI, cloud, and telecommunications technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of software development experience, including distributed systems and cloud-native software development.
• Strong programming experience in C and/or C++, and Python.
• Production experience deploying, optimizing, and operationalizing AI/ML models, including AI inference, large language models, generative AI, and model-serving technologies.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenVINO, vLLM, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience designing cloud-native applications and microservices, using Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies.
• Experience administering, deploying, and operating OpenShift Container Platform.
• Strong understanding of Linux-based development environments, software design, debugging, performance optimization, and scalability engineering.
• Experience with 5G Core network architecture, cloud-native telecommunications platforms, and direct collaboration with customers, field teams, Solution Architects, or Business Development teams.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Artificial hirify.globalligence, or a related field.
• Experience with 3GPP-defined 5G Core network functions and cloud-native network function architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, service mesh, observability, and cloud-native operations.
• Experience with telecommunications operators, cloud service providers, or network equipment vendors.
• Experience supporting customer deployments, proof-of-concepts, technical demonstrations, and complex software architecture or technical direction.
• Ability to work across engineering, product, sales, and customer-facing organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time experienced-hire position with Shift 1 in Ireland.
• On-site work model; posting details may be subject to change.
• Compensation includes annual base salary within the stated range, with potential additional pay components and benefits.
• Work involves collaboration across geographically distributed engineering teams and customer-facing organizations.