Software Engineer

Job Description

Summary Description:

Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, is looking for an experienced and talented Software Engineer.

As a Software Engineer, you will be helping to build all aspects of our machine learning stack, from our infrastructure code, our training framework, our models, and most importantly our deployment and customer integration efforts. Primarily, you will be taking Syntiant’s ML models and inference runtime that have been built by our Core ML and Modeling teams, and helping our customers solve their business problems. Not only will this involve learning our ML models and framework, but it will require working with and on embedded systems as this is primarily where our customers deploy. Ultimately, you will get the opportunity to apply machine learning in real world applications and see your work driving the latest IoT devices.

Though it would be ideal to have expertise in computer vision (or related field such as computer graphics, machine learning, computational math, etc), we are looking for those who have worked on developing large scale deployable software projects and have a strong C++ background.

Requirements

Qualifications, Education, and Experience Required:

5+ years of industrial work experience

Strong C++ programming experience

Expertise in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics or related field which is heavily computational math-based.

Experience developing large scale deployable software products

Experience working in large, complex codebases

Familiarity with version control tools such as GIT, etc.

Familiarity with project management tools such as BitBucket, Jira, etc.

Benefits

Benefits Summary:

Medical: Several plan options including PPO and HSA-compatible plans from Anthem Blue Cross, most of which are 100% paid by Syntiant Corp. for you and your family.

Dental: Company-paid dental PPO coverage from MetLife, including coverage for Orthodontia.

Vision: Company-paid vision PPO coverage from MetLife / VSP.

Life Insurance / AD&D: Company-paid basic Life / AD&D coverage in the amount of 3x your salary (up to $1,000,000). Additional supplemental life insurance with low group rates is available for yourself and your family.

Disability Coverage: Company-paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage provides up to 60% income replacement protection.

Spending and Savings Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA) benefits for Health Care and Dependent Care. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for those enrolled in a qualified Medical plan.

401K Retirement Plan: Administered by Empower, the 401(k) plan allows you to plan for your future by investing a portion of each paycheck.

Other Benefits: A company-provided Employee Assistance Program (EAP), as well as access to additional voluntary benefits including Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Support, and Identity Fraud Protection.

About Syntiant:

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering hardware and software solutions for edge AI deployment. The company’s purpose-built silicon and hardware-agnostic models are being deployed globally to power edge AI speech, audio, sensor and vision applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors. Syntiant also provides compute-efficient software solutions with proprietary model architectures that enable world-leading inference speed and minimized memory footprint across a broad range of processors. The company is backed by several of the world’s leading strategic and financial investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Applied Ventures, Bosch Ventures, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and Atlantic Bridge Capital. More information on the company can be found by visiting

One element in our total compensation package is base pay. The starting base pay for this role is targeted to be between $105,000 - $115,000, in addition, this role is eligible for our annual incentive plan bonus at 10% of base. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining Syntiant, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.

Full-time