Runtime Engineer - New Grad

Samba Nova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide. At the core of Samba Nova'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 Samba Rack, rack-scale hardware that lets customers deploy state-of-the-art models with better performance, greater energy efficiency, and faster time to value.

As a new grad Runtime Engineer, you'll write production code in C/C++/Rust and Python across drivers, user space libraries, networking, and system tools. You'll help bring up drivers on next generation silicon, test and deploy runtime features on large multi-node systems, and track down performance bottlenecks with the hardware and compiler teams.

• Develop and maintain kernel drivers for next generation Samba Nova silicon
• Build user space libraries that make efficient use of hardware resources
• Find and fix networking bottlenecks within and across nodes
• Build tools for profiling, debugging, and job and hardware management
• Test and deploy runtime features on large multi-node systems
• Work with the hardware and compiler teams to diagnose and fix performance issues

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Strong programming skills in C/C++/Rust and Python
• Experience with high speed networking such as RDMA, RoCE, or Infini Band
• Experience with distributed communication libraries such as MPI, NCCL, or UCX
• Experience writing Linux kernel drivers or other system level software
• Experience with Linux and debugging tools such as GDB

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Familiarity with PCIe
• Experience with profiling or performance analysis tools
• Internship or research experience in systems software, networking, or performance engineering
• Open source project ownership or contributions

$131,200 — $196,200 USD

Samba Nova 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.

Samba Nova 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.

Our library of well-being benefits available to you and your dependents includes a full subscription to Headspace, Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms, One Medical membership, counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program, and much more.