Developer Augmentation Engineer

What MatX Is Building

MatX runs frontier AI models. We push ML workload efficiency to the physical limit, in order to bring AGI years earlier vs counterfactual. We are developing a vertically-integrated solution, from silicon to software, to train and run the largest ML workloads in existence. We are looking for people who are excited about our mission and will enjoy learning to do what we do.

What You Will Do Here: meta-level work

• Augment our architects
  • Take their toil upon yourself
  • Apply theory-of-mind and legwork to conserve architect time
  • Annihilate the toil with tooling and AI agents
  • Earn knowledge across the stack and trust across the team
• Do object-level work: getting your hands wet helps you do meta-work even better
• Transform the way we work by incorporating AI into our workflows
• Become a generalist: use the knowledge and trust you learned to solve problems across the company
• Object-level things you’ll be working on & learn how to do:
  • Our hardware architecture: spec, diagrams, rationale
  • Rust simulator for our architecture
  • RTL code of our behemoth-scale AI Acceleration ASIC
  • Design Verification of this ASIC
  • Infrastructure to enable all of the above
  • Future-oriented research:
    • High-level Python simulations for architectural features
    • ML experiments for validating our approach to AI
    • Writing RL environments to improve frontier-llm performance on hardware design tasks

Who You Are

• 0 - 2 years of experience with systems programming using Rust / Python / HDLs. Linux experience is a must. Non-coursework projects preferred; among HDLs, RTL experience preferred
• You are a strong communicator, with the ability to flex to various styles (since you’ll communicate with everyone in the company)
• You have a “Get Things Done” mentality. You roll up your sleeves to proactively problem-solve, undeterred by challenges and limitations. The words “that’s not my job” are blasphemy!
• You are genuinely interested in people and see the support of others as enabling people’s best work for the success of the company
• You are able to context switch, shifting between tactical and big-picture. You can zoom through multiple levels of abstraction with ease, tracking cross-scope implications
• You believe that kindness matters. You have a strong regard for the dignity and lived experience of others. You can spot situations at work where kindness and respect may be lacking, and bring it back to basics
• This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday. We will support your relocation

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience optimizing hardware or software
• ML experience, especially with LLMs
• Infrastructure experience: Google Cloud Platform and Github
• Experience with CLI coding agents: incl. Codex / Claude Code / Gemini CLI

Compensation

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation.

• $120,000 - $400,000 + equity

What We Offer

• A Stake in our success. A cash/equity mix that fits your needs and option to do early exercise
• Health & Wellness. Company subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance; Pre-tax Health Savings Accounts with generous company contribution (even if you don’t)
• Time To Recharge. 4 weeks paid time off (accrued), 12 company holidays, and 3 weeks remote/flexible work per year
• Support to Parents. Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of your path to parenthood
• Learning & Development. $1,500 yearly towards your professional development e.g. conferences, courses, and other learning opportunities
• Team Connection. Team Lunches, quarterly off-sites, and regular town halls
• Financial Wellbeing. 401K and/or Roth IRA, with 5% company contribution, even if you don’t!
• Flexible Spending Accounts. Pre-tax spend accounts for medical, dental/vision, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses
• Commute On Us. For those commuting up to 1 hour, put your rideshare cost on our company card and reclaim the drive-time to get work done!
• MatX E[x]tras. $50 per month to use on the perks you care about most 
• Remote Perks. We work remotely Monday & Friday, supported by home-tech setup, and remote wifi expense reimbursement

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our team and our focus on creating an inviting and inclusive work experience, MatX is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.

 MatX does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People team and any resumes submitted are deemed to be the property of MatX.