Software Engineer, Accelerator Solutions & Technologies

Meta is seeking an experienced software engineer to join our Accelerator Solutions & Technologies group, supporting the development of Meta’s accelerators collective communications software library and optimizing distributed AI/ML workloads’ performance. This is an opportunity to work with a highly skilled engineering team, collaborating with a large set of cross-functional and international partners. Meta’s next-generation, super-cluster AI/ML platforms offer the opportunity to work in an extremely dynamic environment, enabling core technologies deployed in some of the world’s largest scale clusters.Software Engineer, Accelerator Solutions & Technologies Responsibilities

Contribute to our developer infrastructure, including simulation and HW emulation platforms, to enable performance measurement and optimization for Meta’s in-house accelerator programs

Understand and contribute to the collective communications library, intended to be deployed on Meta’s AI/ML superclusters

Support networking and compute hardware acceleration techniques to improve ML inference and training model performance

Perform architectural analysis to ensure system designs meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements

Implement simulation models for Meta’s Accelerator ASICs, develop and analyze various scenarios to evaluate data center performance and identify potential improvements

Collaborate with architects and engineers to integrate simulation results into system design processes

Use instruction set simulators to define performant firmware for Meta's training/inference accelerators

Collaborate with hardware and firmware teams to ensure accurate modeling and simulation of accelerator functionalities

Analyze simulation results to guide firmware development and optimization efforts

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta

Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or any other relevant technical field

2+ years experience in developing C++ codebase

2+ years experience in developing Python codebase

Understanding of performance, benchmarking measurement, and optimization on collective communications and distributed at-scale model training

Experience with SystemC

Knowledge of AI/HPC hardware requirements and specifications (e.g., configuring hardware components for AI/HPC workloads)

Understanding of the transport stack (e.g., RoCE) and its constraints particularly pertaining to interconnect and collective

Familiarity with relevant tools, libraries, and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, CUDA)

Full-stack experience and understanding of AI/HPC systems, with a focus on the application layer and performance optimizations

Minimum QualificationsPreferred Qualifications For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. About Meta Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
$56.25/hour to $173,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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