# AI Inference / Systems Software Architect

AI Inference / Systems Software Architect Reports To: VP, Engineering Company Overview: Netlist, Inc. (OTCQB: NLST) is a leading provider of high-performance modular memory subsystems and next-generation storage-class memory solutions. We specialize in cutting-edge technologies that enable innovation in AI, cloud computing, and enterprise infrastructure. Our product portfolio includes DDR4/DDR5 DIMMs, NAND-based SSDs, and advanced interconnect technologies such as CXL and PCIe. Join our world-class engineering team and be part of shaping the future of memory and storage architecture. Position Summary: This is a highly technical role for an individual who deeply understands AI Data Center and Edge AI Inference workloads, model execution, systems software, memory management, and hardware/software co-design. The successful candidate will work closely with the Chief AI Systems Architect, AI Product Strategist, AI Hardware / Memory Systems Architect, and R&D engineering teams to understand how AI workloads execute on current infrastructure, identify software bottlenecks, and architect software that enables new hardware and memory technologies to deliver measurable customer value. We are

- **Id**: 4203473
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/netlist-ai-inference-systems-software-architect>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Irvine, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T16:12:52Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T23:00:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7589
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Storage, Memory & Storage Chips

## Company

- **Id**: 691714
- **Name**: Netlist
- **Domain**: netlist.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/netlist>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Breezy

## Salary

- **Min**: 275000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 275000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: no
- **Edge AI** — Optional: no
- **KV Cache** — Optional: no
- **Mixture of Experts** — Optional: no
- **Multimodal AI** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Quantization** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **ROCm** — Optional: no
- **Speculative Decoding** — Optional: no
- **TPOT** — Optional: no
- **Triton** — Optional: no
- **vLLM** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **LLM** — Optional: yes
- **LLVM** — Optional: yes
- **MLIR** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **TensorRT** — Optional: yes
- **Transformers** — Optional: yes
- **XLA** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T23:00:47Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T00:43:43Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 275000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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