Senior Staff Software Engineer - Kernels (AI)

Location: Hybrid, onsite at the Belgrade, Serbia office 3–5 days per week

Company

hirify.global develops software and hardware for generative AI and next-generation AI compute engines.

What you will do

• Develop, enhance, and maintain software kernels for next-generation AI hardware.
• Productize the software stack for an AI compute engine.
• Implement and optimize algorithms for specialized hardware architectures, including FPGAs, DSPs, GPUs, and AI accelerators.
• Map computational graphs from AI frameworks to underlying hardware architectures.
• Work with compiler experts to build compiler infrastructure.
• Collaborate with ML, systems, mixed-signal, DSP, and CPU engineering specialists on hardware-software co-design.

Requirements

• MS in computer engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related field with 10+ years of industry experience, or a PhD in a related field with 1+ years of industry experience.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, data structures, system software, and machine learning fundamentals.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python development in Linux environments.
• Experience implementing ML operators such as GEMMs, convolutions, BLAS, SIMD operations, softmax, layer normalization, and pooling.
• Experience developing for embedded SIMD vector processors such as Tensilica.
• Self-motivated approach, ownership, leadership, and collaborative teamwork.

Nice to have

• Startup, small-team, or incubation experience.
• Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or other deep learning frameworks.
• Experience with ML compilers and algorithms, including MLIR, LLVM, TVM, or Glow.
• Experience with machine learning models for computer vision, NLP, or recommendation systems.
• Experience at a cloud provider or AI compute/subsystem company.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and inclusive environment built around respect, humility, and direct communication.
• Focus on execution, ownership, continuous learning, and tackling technically challenging problems.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to a welcoming and empowered workforce.