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At the core of SambaNova's technology is the RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) - a chip built on a dataflow architecture rather than the traditional GPU model. Its decode performance is especially strong for agentic workloads like multi-turn agents, code generation, and long-running applications. RDUs are packaged into SambaRack, rack-scale hardware that lets customers deploy state-of-the-art models with better performance, greater energy efficiency, and faster time to value.\nAbout the team\nJoin the company that's building the future of AI infrastructure. SambaNova is developing advanced AI systems powered by our RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) architecture, combining hardware and software into an integrated platform for large-scale AI deployments.\nOur products include SambaRack, a rack-scale AI infrastructure system, and SambaStack, our inference serving platform. Together, they enable customers to deploy and operate production AI environments with performance, reliability, and control.\nWe are a team of engineers and innovators building next-generation AI infrastructure systems designed for enterprise-scale deployments.\nAbout the role\nSambaNova is hiring a Principal Engineer for the SambaRack platform.\nYou will help build the software that enables customers to monitor, control, update, and diagnose SambaRack systems safely and reliably.\nThis is a hands-on software development role requiring solid technical expertise in systems and infrastructure, focused on building rack-scale hardware management and infrastructure software that operates in direct contact with hardware across diverse production environments, including customer-managed and air-gapped deployments.\nAs a Principal Engineer on the SambaRack team, you will:\nImprove the performance, scalability, and reliability of components within rack-scale infrastructure and management software\nBuild new features and capabilities for monitoring, control, and diagnostics of SambaRack systems\nDesign and build components for hardware-software integration points across rack-scale AI systems\nSupport technical execution of infrastructure initiatives, tightly integrated with hardware\nThis is a high-impact role at the intersection of:\nAI infrastructure\nDistributed systems\nHardware-software integration\nResponsibilities\nSome of your responsibilities will include:\nDesign and build software components that enable safe, reliable control, monitoring, and diagnostics for rack-scale AI systems\nContribute to the technical design and implementation of hardware-software integration points and infrastructure services\nBuild and improve observability, telemetry, and diagnostics capabilities for the SambaRack platform\nIdentify and help resolve performance bottlenecks, reliability gaps, and scaling constraints within owned components\nCollaborate with Hardware Engineering, DevOps, QA, and Product teams to implement infrastructure requirements as sound technical solutions\nApply and help refine architectural standards, patterns, and best practices within the infrastructure software team\nPartner with senior engineers and architects on technical designs, and share knowledge with peers to support engineering excellence\nStay current on emerging technologies and industry trends relevant to the platform and assigned work\nBuild new systems, components, and capabilities to solve new and interesting problems in the AI inference space\nRequired qualifications\n5-8 years of software engineering experience\nExperience building infrastructure, systems, or platform software\nSolid programming experience in Go, Rust, Python, or C/C++\nGood understanding of Linux, networking, concurrency, and distributed systems\nExperience building backend or control-plane services for production systems\nExperience with hardware management systems such as BMCs, Redfish, IPMI, or OpenBMC\nExperience with monitoring, telemetry, or observability systems for infrastructure platforms\nExcellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail\nAbility to collaborate across cross-functional teams\nKnowledge of software development best practices and coding standards\nPreferred qualifications\nExperience with rack management, server management, or bare-metal infrastructure platforms\nExperience with Prometheus, Grafana, and metrics exporter design\nFamiliarity with fleet management, diagnostics systems, and hardware health monitoring\nExperience supporting enterprise or air-gapped deployments\nUnderstanding of Kubernetes, Helm Charts, and the Kubernetes ecosystem\nExperience contributing to scalable infrastructure and distributed systems designs\nFamiliarity with telemetry systems and infrastructure observability tooling\n\nBase Salary Range:\nBase Pay Range\n₹6,000,000—₹8,000,000 INR\nSubmission Guidelines\n Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at SambaNova Systems, you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. \nEEO Policy\n SambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.\nBenefits Summary for US-Based, Full-Time Employment Positions\nSambaNova offers a competitive total rewards package, including the base salary, plus equity and benefits. We cover 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, and 77% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution. We also offer Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans in addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care. 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