Qualcomm International Inc., Mexico Branch Office

Senior Staff Software Engineer/Architect - Runtime Engineer at Qualcomm International Inc., Mexico Branch Office

Department: Software Engineering

Setup: On-site
Location: Cork
Type: Full-time
Level: staff+
Posted: May 27, 2026

Description

Qualcomm Cloud is hiring a Software Architect / Software Engineer to define and lead architecture for user-space APIs and runtime layers supporting ML workloads on Qualcomm AI accelerators. The role combines technical leadership, hands-on C/C++ and Python development, multi-threaded system design, performance optimization, cross-functional platform collaboration, and engineering mentorship. It requires extensive software engineering and system architecture experience, deep Linux user-space expertise, and strong C/C++ and Python proficiency, with a Cork work location and benefits including salary, stock, bonuses, pension matching, and medical insurance.

Required Skills

Linux user-space
API design
C/C++
Python
Multi-threading
PyTorch
SoC architecture
CUDA

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with 6+ years of software engineering or related experience; alternatively, a master's degree with 5+ years or a PhD with 4+ years.
Required Previous Experiences: 12+ years of software engineering experience with strong system architecture and design focus
Deep Linux user-space development and API design experience
12+ years of C/C++ and Python proficiency
Experience designing multi-threaded and high-performance systems
SoC architecture experience
Source control and configuration management experience
Cross-team architecture leadership and technical direction experience
Preferred Qualifications: CUDA, NCCL, or equivalent accelerator programming models
IREE or ML compiler/runtime stacks
PyTorch 2.0 architecture and execution model
PCIe and RoCE interfaces
Large-scale or heterogeneous compute systems