Sr Principal Software Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. The ML / Software Engineer – ChipStack SuperAgent Team will be responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating AI agents that enhance productivity across the semiconductor design lifecycle.

Requirements

• Design and implement scalable infrastructure for AI agents operating within Cadence’s ChipStack SuperAgent ecosystem.
• Build robust evaluation frameworks to measure agent performance, reliability, and alignment with engineering workflows.
• Develop data pipelines, retrieval systems, and context-engineering strategies to support consistent and grounded agent behavior.
• Contribute to continuous integration, automated testing, and observability systems to ensure production-quality deployment of AI-enabled systems.
• Optimize system performance across latency, cost, reliability, and scalability dimensions.
• Bachelors/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field with 15+ Years of relevant experience in software development.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including design, refactoring, debugging, and testing of complex distributed systems.
• Understanding of large language models (LLMs) and practical considerations for deploying them in real-world systems (latency, cost, reliability, monitoring).
• Experience designing evaluation frameworks for AI systems, including benchmarking, regression testing, and failure analysis.
• Skills of Interest: Agent architecture, LLM engineering, Retrieval and data systems, Infrastructure and observability, AI-assisted development workflows.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance