Member of Technical Staff Software
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Job Summary
Architect is a frontier AI lab for chip design. We build AI models and tools for on-demand custom ASICs at scale. Our goal is to co-design custom ASICs alongside evolving ML workloads and enable a new era of domain-specific chips that unlock capabilities impossible with current hardware paradigms. Born out of Stanford Research our team blends AI with Silicon with a founding team from Anthropic Google DeepMind Meta SuperIntelligence xAI Apple and Intel.
As Member of the Technical Staff - Software at Architect youll build the core platform that powers AI-driven chip design. Youll own the full stack developing intuitive high-performance systems using TypeScript Python and modern frameworks while integrating cutting-edge AI features and models in collaboration with our ML team. This is a foundational engineering role where youll design the architecture for the platform and build seamless interfaces for chip engineers to interact with intelligent agents. Youll shape the developer experience end-to-endfrom indexing massive codebases to building scalable databasesand make critical technical decisions that define the product. Expect to ship fast iterate daily and leave your fingerprints on every layer of a system redefining how hardware gets built.
Education: BS/MS in Computer Science Computer Engineering Mathematics or a related field.
Core Skills: Proficiency in TypeScript Python & C and extensive full-stack experience.
Technical Experience: Strong full-stack / backend experience designing RESTful APIs working with relational or NoSQL databases. Familiarity with frontend component libraries and state management patterns. As well as experience developing AI coding agents. Finally a proven track record of shipping features quickly and iterating fast based on feedback.
Systems Knowledge: Comfortable in Linux environments using virtual environments Docker and version control (Git). Experience setting up or maintaining CI/CD (GitHub Actions Jenkins etc.)
Bonus:
Previous experience working at an AI startup or building coding agent platform at AI coding assistant companies.
Founding engineer or early hire at a high-growth startups ex-Quant.
Competitive programming experience Recognition at IMO IOI IPho etc. or published research.
Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and frameworks on the fly.
Competitive salary and equity
Fast-paced startup with autonomy and visible impact
Cutting-edge AI-driven chip design challenges
Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
Architect Labs builds AI systems that design and provably verify silicon for modern workloads.