Software Engineer

Intel Corporation

Software Engineer focusing on application efficiency and device driver optimization at Intel. Collaborating with engineers to deliver advanced solutions for modern computing platforms.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $111,030 - $211,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Join our team as a Software Performance Engineer and contribute to innovative solutions that enhance application efficiency across modern computing platforms.
Design, develop, analyze, debug, optimize, integrate, tess, and/or validate existing or new device drivers software, including the design and implementation of platform level features that encompass interfacing with drivers to higher level frameworks.
Research and collaborate with other engineers and architects in the design, development, integration, and/or validation of device drivers on the target OS.
Working with cross-functional teams, you will deliver solutions that maximize hardware potential through advanced optimization techniques.
Design and develop software frameworks to optimize application workloads.
Implement code analysis and performance enhancement algorithms.
Collaborate with architects and engineers to integrate optimization solutions.
Analyze application behavior and identify performance improvement opportunities.
Develop and maintain optimization tools and runtime systems.
Validate and benchmark performance improvements.
Apply debugging and profiling techniques to enhance code quality.
Deliver software solutions following established development practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
2+ years of C/C++ programming experience (academic projects, internships, or professional work combined)
1+ years of Python programming experience for tooling and scripting
1+ years of system-level programming involving memory management, pointers, and low-level operations
completed coursework or project work with at least one architecture (x86, ARM, RISC-V, or MIPS)
academic or internship experience with version control systems (Git) in multi-developer environments
Master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field (preferred)
Experience in compiler technologies or virtualization technologies (preferred)
Background in performance profiling and workload analysis (preferred)
Strong foundation in graphs, trees, hash tables, optimization algorithms (preferred)
Understanding of CPU instruction sets, memory hierarchies, and execution models (preferred)
Hands-on experience with at least one of: LLVM, GCC toolchain, or custom compiler/interpreter development (preferred)
Knowledge of process management, memory management, and system calls (preferred)
Understanding of lexical analysis, parsing, semantic analysis, and code generation (preferred)
Basic understanding of common compiler optimizations (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive pay
stock bonuses
health
retirement
vacation

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++Pythonsystem-level programmingmemory managementdebuggingprofilingoptimization algorithmscompiler technologiesvirtualization technologies

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingteamwork