Senior Software Engineer

ROLE: Senior Software Engineer – AI & Hardware Optimisation

LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain

SALARY: Negotiable

DURATION: Permanent

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to develop and optimise the software stack supporting advanced AI hardware platforms. You will work across low-level kernel optimisation, parallel processing, workload analysis, profiling, and framework support, collaborating closely with hardware and AI engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and optimise software for highly parallel AI and compute workloads.
• Work on low-level kernel optimisation, inter-device coordination, and data processing.
• Profile and analyse software performance to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Contribute to software frameworks, emulation, distribution, and packaging.
• Develop software optimisations based on underlying hardware architecture.
• Collaborate closely with hardware and AI teams to influence both software and hardware development.
• Support the development of efficient and scalable AI software solutions.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in software development, optimisation, or a related field.
• Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills.
• Solid Linux experience.
• Experience with software profiling, workload analysis, and parallel programming.
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation and problem-solving.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• C1-level English.

Desirable Experience:

• C/C++ and Python interoperability.
• RISC-V / RISC-V Vector assembly.
• Architecture-based optimisation.
• CUDA/ROCm.
• Bare-metal programming.
• LLVM/GCC.
• AI application development.
• ONNX Runtime.
• Experience working with hardware/software co-design environments.