# Principal Software Engineer - AI Runtime & Distributed Inference Systems

About the Role We are building the next generation of AI infrastructure: a large-scale inference platform powered by custom AI accelerators capable of serving frontier dense and Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) foundation models at datacenter scale. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will define and lead the architecture of the software stack that transforms hundreds to thousands of accelerator ASICs into a unified inference system. You will drive the design of distributed runtimes, communication libraries, scheduling systems, memory management, and model-serving infrastructure that deliver industry-leading throughput, latency, and efficiency. This is a highly cross-functional leadership role working across silicon architecture, networking, compiler, runtime, infrastructure, and AI research teams. What Makes This Role Unique This role sits at the intersection of distributed systems, AI infrastructure, networking, compilers, and computer architecture. You will help shape the software foundation for a new class of AI supercomputers and define how future foundation models are served efficiently at scale. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable discussing transformer architectures, netwo

- **Id**: 3927345
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/internationalrecruit-principal-software-engineer-ai-runtime-distributed-inference-systems>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T02:09:38Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T02:09:38Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
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## Company

- **Id**: 3827146
- **Name**: Internationalrecruit
- **Domain**: internationalrecruit.net
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/internationalrecruit>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

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## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T20:40:15Z

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- **Label**: Likely open
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- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 28
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