SW Team Lead

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential semiconductor client developing next-generation AI compute platforms. They are seeking a SW Team Lead to coordinate software efforts across the stack, drive performance optimization, and mentor a growing engineering team in their Paris offices.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll work closely with chip architects and hardware teams during early silicon bring-up, balancing technical ownership with team coordination and client engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the software stack for AI accelerator products, balancing execution speed with long-term technical foundations
• Collaborate closely with chip architecture and hardware teams on hardware-software co-design and early silicon bring-up
• Lead development across kernel libraries, runtimes, drivers, firmware, and developer tooling
• Optimize key AI workloads for performance, efficiency, memory usage, and reliability on emerging hardware
• Maintain hands-on involvement with architecture, coding, debugging, code reviews, and performance analysis while mentoring team members
• Partner directly with clients to understand technical requirements, translate them into clear deliverables, and align scope, priorities, and timelines
• Deploy pilot and prototype stacks to grow the developer base

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Strong background in systems software for AI/ML accelerators, GPUs, CPUs, or other high-performance compute platforms
• Solid understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, parallel computing, and hardware-software interaction
• Proven ability to lead small engineering teams while retaining significant individual contribution
• Strong C/C++ programming skills
• Experience with Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, ONNX, TensorRT, etc.) highly desirable
• Strong communication and project ownership skills, including translating client requirements into technical scope and realistic timelines
• Strong background in testing and deployment infrastructure for large-scale software projects
• Proficient English

Nice to Have:

• Strong background in mathematics
• Hands-on experience with low-level software such as compilers, drivers, and firmware
• Experience profiling and optimizing AI workloads for performance, memory efficiency, and hardware utilization
• Experience with AI inference platforms such as vLLM and SGLang

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our talent team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and fit for the role. Qualified candidates are then submitted to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly, as all communication is coordinated through our recruiting team to ensure a smooth process.

Benefits

Our client offers competitive cash compensation based on location and experience, a meaningful stock option plan, healthcare coverage including family-friendly options, pension contributions, professional development support, and 25 days of PTO in addition to public holidays. This role provides ownership of a key technical domain with significant growth opportunities.

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