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Overview
Lightmatter is a photonic computing and interconnect company headquartered in Mountain View, California, and founded in 2017. The company develops photonic chips, light engines, and interconnect platforms designed to scale AI supercomputers by replacing traditional electrical I/O with optical technology. It operates as a venture-backed firm collaborating with major semiconductor manufacturers and standards bodies to provide high-bandwidth, energy-efficient infrastructure for large-scale AI training and inference.
News
Industry Leaders Formally Launch CPO System Architecture Initiative Within the Open Compute Project
19-company industry coalition publishes 300-page foundational white paper to standardize silicon photonics-ready infrastructure for AI MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.
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Lightmatter launches 19-company strong initiative to standardize silicon photonics-ready infrastructure
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EMIB-T, HBM4 Challenges, Microfluidic Cooling, Photonic Interconnects
ECTC 2026 Roundup, Intel, TSMC, SK Hynix, Samsung, Micron, Marvell, Lightmatter, Microsoft
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Scale-Up is a Problem Made for Photonics
NVIDIA's announcement at GTC Taipei 2026 that NVLink Fusion will extend to photonic interconnects marks a pivotal moment where AI infrastructure scaling meets the inevitable demands of physics. Lightmatter is bringing Passage interconnects and Guide laser
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Scale-Up is a Problem Made for Photonics
NVIDIA's announcement at GTC Taipei 2026 that NVLink Fusion will extend to photonic interconnects marks a pivotal moment where AI infrastructure scaling meets the inevitable demands of physics. Lightmatter is bringing Passage interconnects and Guide laser
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Technologies
Tech DNA
Python
MATLAB
Verilog
Pytest
UVM
Snowflake
BERT
Hardware
Verilog
SystemVerilog
C++
Keysight ADS
Cadence Virtuoso
KLayout
Cadence Xcelium
Formal Verification
Siemens ModelSim
UVM
Synopsys PrimeTime
Ansys HFSS
CMake
Cadence Allegro
Cadence Integrity 3D-IC
Ansys SIwave
Cadence Spectre
Cadence Pegasus
Siemens Calibre
Synopsys IC Validator
AI/ML
Python
MATLAB
HPC
Git
CI/CD
NumPy
SciPy
InfiniBand
NVLink
TPU
Simulink
Platform Engineering
AI Agents
Snowflake
BERT
Other
Java
JavaScript
Bash
Pytest
Smartsheet
SolidWorks
Jira
Microsoft Project
AutoCAD
Asana
Stack modernity
68/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
HPC
55 jobs
Required
$220k
-5% vs market
Python
43 jobs
Required
$220k
+22% vs market
MATLAB
17 jobs
Required
$250k
+39% vs market
Verilog
7 jobs
Required
Keysight ADS
6 jobs
Required
$250k
Median
Git
6 jobs
Required
SystemVerilog
5 jobs
Required
$220k
+1% vs market
Cadence Virtuoso
4 jobs
Required
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
21%
JavaScript
17%
CI/CD
17%
Git
11%
Java
10%
AI Agents
9%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
TPU
Aug 2026
NVLink
Aug 2026
InfiniBand
Aug 2026
HPC
Aug 2026
Asana
Aug 2026
Smartsheet
Aug 2026
Microsoft Project
Aug 2026
Jira
Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
NVIDIA
Marvell Technology
Qualcomm
Renesas Electronics
Micron Technology
Graphcore
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$220k
Typical range
$200k – $300k
Open positions
7
7
Jobs
Staff
71.4%
Principal
28.6%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 5 | $218k | $200k – $223k |
| Principal | 2 | $275k | $250k – $300k |
Highest paying role
Principal Machine Learning Infrastructure Researcher
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
57/100
Growing
Open positions
55
2 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
44 days
faster than 33% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 hours
08/31/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
38% ▼
Data Science
35% ▲
QA
10% ▲
Product
8% ▲
DevOps
5%
Backend
3% ▼
Actively hiring for Data Science (+6 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added TPU to stack
Aug 2026
Added NVLink to stack
Aug 2026
Added InfiniBand to stack
Aug 2026
Added HPC to stack
Aug 2026
Added Asana to stack
Aug 2026
Added Smartsheet to stack
Aug 2026
Added Microsoft Project to stack
Aug 2026
Added Jira to stack
Aug 2026
Added Platform Engineering to stack
Aug 2026
Added Simulink to stack
Aug 2026
Added AI Agents to stack
Aug 2026
Added Synopsys PrimeTime to stack
Aug 2026
Jobs
≈ $118k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • PhD • Boston
Python
Verilog
HPC
Chips/EDA
Cadence Virtuoso
Keysight ADS
Apply
≈ $123k – $249k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • PhD • Mountain View
MATLAB
Python
SystemVerilog
HPC
Apply
≈ $116k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Toronto
Python
HPC
Chips/EDA
Synopsys PrimeTime
Apply
≈ $118k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
HPC
Chips/EDA
Synopsys PrimeTime
Apply
≈ $161k – $325k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mountain View
Python
HPC
Apply
≈ $116k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Toronto
Python
HPC
Apply
≈ $118k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
HPC
Apply
≈ $103k – $209k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • Master's Degree • Boston
MATLAB
Python
HPC
Apply
≈ $93k – $212k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • Master's Degree • Toronto
MATLAB
Python
HPC
Apply
≈ $136k – $275k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Master's Degree • Boston
MATLAB
Python
HPC
Apply
≈ $110k – $237k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Master's Degree • Mountain View
MATLAB
Python
HPC
Apply
≈ $136k – $276k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • PhD • Boston
MATLAB
Python
Verilog
HPC
Chips/EDA
Ansys HFSS
Keysight ADS
Apply
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