{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"e6b4f4dcd40067d82cc6649c","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e6b4f4dcd40067d82cc6649c","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e6b4f4dcd40067d82cc6649c","title":"Software Development Engineer - Silicon Development Infrastructure","description":"DESCRIPTION\nWe're seeking a Software Development Engineer to help architect, build, and operate the\ninfrastructure that accelerates silicon development at Annapurna Labs. In this role, you'll\ncontribute to the platforms, tooling, and automation that enable our chip design teams to iterate\nfaster, validate more thoroughly, and bring transformative silicon to market. You'll work at the\nintersection of cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing, and electronic design\nautomation—building systems that directly impact AWS's ability to innovate in custom silicon.\nThis is a unique opportunity to grow your skills in infrastructure that supports chip development\nwhile working with world-class engineers across hardware, software, and operations disciplines.\n\nKey job responsibilities\nCustomer-Focused Infrastructure Development\n\nPartner with silicon design, verification, emulation, and software teams to understand\ntheir development workflows, pain points, and iteration cycles.\n\nBuild tooling and automation that eliminates manual toil and reduces time-to-results.\nGather continuous feedback from internal customers and rapidly iterate on solutions.\nBenchmark infrastructure based on silicon development workflows to provide internal\ncustomers with the optimal resources for silicon development.\nOwn Platform Delivery and Operations\n\nDesign, implement, and operate cloud infrastructure and high-performance computing\nclusters using schedulers like Slurm.\n\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code and service deployments\nwith comprehensive testing and safe rollback mechanisms.\n\nTake ownership of platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency from initial design\nthrough production operation.\nDrive Results Through Automation and Observability\n\nDevelop monitoring, diagnostics, and alerting systems that surface actionable insights on\nefficiency, utilization, reliability, and cost trends.\n\nEstablish incident response processes, runbooks, and documentation that enable\noperational excellence.\n\nProactively anticipate system failures and implement preventive measures, reducing\noperational toil and improving system resilience.\n\nA day in the life\nEach day you will work with some of the best engineers in the industry to develop Machine\nLearning Accelerators. On-site in Austin, Texas, you will be part of the team that develops\ncustom silicon and contribute to the infrastructure that enables this innovation.\nYou might start your day investigating anomalies in job completion rates or resource utilization\npatterns. You could spend your morning collaborating with a design verification team to optimize\ntheir regression workflows, identifying bottlenecks and proposing improvements. In the\nafternoon, you might be building new tooling that simplifies infrastructure access for emulation\nteams, or contributing to monitoring dashboards that give teams real-time visibility into their\ndevelopment velocity.\nYou'll participate in design reviews, contribute to postmortems when incidents occur, and\ncontinuously refine the systems that accelerate the path from RTL to silicon. Throughout the\nday, you'll balance immediate customer needs—unblocking a team waiting for compute capacity\n—with longer-term platform investments. You'll write code, review infrastructure-as-code\nchanges, and collaborate across teams who depend on the systems you build.\nTake a look inside our labs to see what you will learn at Annapurna Labs:\n\nhttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/take-a-look-inside-the-lab-where-aws-makes-\ncustom-chips\n\nhttps://youtu.be/rViVFrQg4Hk\n\nAbout the team\nAt Annapurna Labs, your infrastructure work directly enables breakthrough innovations in\ncustom silicon that power AWS and transform industries. You'll collaborate with world-class chip\ndesigners, verification engineers, and software developers who are pushing the boundaries of\nwhat's possible. We offer the resources and scale of AWS with the innovation culture and\ntechnical depth of a focused silicon team.\nIf you're passionate about building infrastructure that accelerates innovation, thrive on customer\nobsession and ownership, and want to see your work enable the next generation of AWS silicon\n—we want to hear from you\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS\n3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\nExperience programming with at least one software programming language\n2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\n3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience\nKnowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)\nExperience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java,\nPython, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience\nBachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent\nExperience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust with demonstrated ability to write production-quality, maintainable code\n• Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK)\n• Experience with Linux/Unix\n• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure\n• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) clusters using workload schedulers like Slurm\n• Familiarity with semiconductor development workflows or electronic design automation (EDA) environments\n• Experience building services using AWS products\n• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build processes\n• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident management at scale\n\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\n\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.\n\nThe base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.\n\nUSA, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually","company":"Annapurna Labs Us","rawCompany":"annapurna labs us","city":"Austin","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-18T17:07:26.277Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2061.00","title":"Computer Hardware Engineers","slug":"computer-hardware-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Software Development Engineer - Silicon Development Infrastructure","description":"DESCRIPTION\nWe're seeking a Software Development Engineer to help architect, build, and operate the\ninfrastructure that accelerates silicon development at Annapurna Labs. In this role, you'll\ncontribute to the platforms, tooling, and automation that enable our chip design teams to iterate\nfaster, validate more thoroughly, and bring transformative silicon to market. You'll work at the\nintersection of cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing, and electronic design\nautomation—building systems that directly impact AWS's ability to innovate in custom silicon.\nThis is a unique opportunity to grow your skills in infrastructure that supports chip development\nwhile working with world-class engineers across hardware, software, and operations disciplines.\n\nKey job responsibilities\nCustomer-Focused Infrastructure Development\n\nPartner with silicon design, verification, emulation, and software teams to understand\ntheir development workflows, pain points, and iteration cycles.\n\nBuild tooling and automation that eliminates manual toil and reduces time-to-results.\nGather continuous feedback from internal customers and rapidly iterate on solutions.\nBenchmark infrastructure based on silicon development workflows to provide internal\ncustomers with the optimal resources for silicon development.\nOwn Platform Delivery and Operations\n\nDesign, implement, and operate cloud infrastructure and high-performance computing\nclusters using schedulers like Slurm.\n\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code and service deployments\nwith comprehensive testing and safe rollback mechanisms.\n\nTake ownership of platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency from initial design\nthrough production operation.\nDrive Results Through Automation and Observability\n\nDevelop monitoring, diagnostics, and alerting systems that surface actionable insights on\nefficiency, utilization, reliability, and cost trends.\n\nEstablish incident response processes, runbooks, and documentation that enable\noperational excellence.\n\nProactively anticipate system failures and implement preventive measures, reducing\noperational toil and improving system resilience.\n\nA day in the life\nEach day you will work with some of the best engineers in the industry to develop Machine\nLearning Accelerators. On-site in Austin, Texas, you will be part of the team that develops\ncustom silicon and contribute to the infrastructure that enables this innovation.\nYou might start your day investigating anomalies in job completion rates or resource utilization\npatterns. You could spend your morning collaborating with a design verification team to optimize\ntheir regression workflows, identifying bottlenecks and proposing improvements. In the\nafternoon, you might be building new tooling that simplifies infrastructure access for emulation\nteams, or contributing to monitoring dashboards that give teams real-time visibility into their\ndevelopment velocity.\nYou'll participate in design reviews, contribute to postmortems when incidents occur, and\ncontinuously refine the systems that accelerate the path from RTL to silicon. Throughout the\nday, you'll balance immediate customer needs—unblocking a team waiting for compute capacity\n—with longer-term platform investments. You'll write code, review infrastructure-as-code\nchanges, and collaborate across teams who depend on the systems you build.\nTake a look inside our labs to see what you will learn at Annapurna Labs:\n\nhttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/take-a-look-inside-the-lab-where-aws-makes-\ncustom-chips\n\nhttps://youtu.be/rViVFrQg4Hk\n\nAbout the team\nAt Annapurna Labs, your infrastructure work directly enables breakthrough innovations in\ncustom silicon that power AWS and transform industries. You'll collaborate with world-class chip\ndesigners, verification engineers, and software developers who are pushing the boundaries of\nwhat's possible. We offer the resources and scale of AWS with the innovation culture and\ntechnical depth of a focused silicon team.\nIf you're passionate about building infrastructure that accelerates innovation, thrive on customer\nobsession and ownership, and want to see your work enable the next generation of AWS silicon\n—we want to hear from you\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS\n3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\nExperience programming with at least one software programming language\n2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\n3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience\nKnowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)\nExperience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java,\nPython, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience\nBachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent\nExperience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust with demonstrated ability to write production-quality, maintainable code\n• Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK)\n• Experience with Linux/Unix\n• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure\n• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) clusters using workload schedulers like Slurm\n• Familiarity with semiconductor development workflows or electronic design automation (EDA) environments\n• Experience building services using AWS products\n• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build processes\n• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident management at scale\n\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\n\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.\n\nThe base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. 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