Lenovo
Software Engineer (Windows)
General Information
Req #
WD00088681
Career area:
Hardware Engineering
Country/Region:
United States of America
State:
North Carolina
City:
Morrisville
Date:
Friday, September 26, 2025
Working time:
Full-time
Additional Locations
:
United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville
Why Work at Lenovo
We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.
Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com , and read about the latest news via ourStoryHub (https://news.lenovo.com/) .
The Advanced AI Technology Center (AAITC)—Lenovo’s global AI Center of Excellence—is driving our transformation into an AI-first organization. We are assembling a world-class team of researchers, engineers, and innovators to position Lenovo and its customers at the forefront of the generational shift toward AI.
Lenovo is one of the world’s leading computing companies, delivering products across the entire technology spectrum, spanning wearables, smartphones (Motorola), laptops (ThinkPad, Yoga), PCs, workstations, servers, and services/solutions. This unmatched breadth gives us a unique canvas for AI innovation, including the ability to rapidly deploy cutting-edge foundation models and to enable flexible, hybrid-cloud, and agentic computing across our full product portfolio.
To this end, we are building the next wave of AI core technologies and platforms that leverage and evolve with the fast-moving AI ecosystem, including novel model and agentic orchestration & collaboration across mobile, edge, and cloud resources.
This space is evolving fast and so are we. If you’re ready to shape AI at a truly global scale, with products that touch every corner of life and work, there’s no better time to join us.
Description and Requirements
Lenovo is seeking anexperiencedSoftware Engineerto lead theintegration andimplementation ofSmall Language Model(SLM)inferencingforour next-generation AI systemsontoourWindowslaptopand desktop computers.If you are passionate about making Smarter TechnologyForAll, come help us realize our Hybrid AI vision!
R
esponsibilities
:
Design, implement, and
maintain
core agent runtimes
responsible for:
Dynamic model loading and lifecycle management
Scheduling, prioritization, and queuing of model inference requests
Information retrieval, data preprocessing, and context preparation pipelines
Develop system integrations
to support interoperability between Windows applications, services, and AI runtime components
Implement security and privacy controls
, including process isolation, sandboxing, audit logging, and compliance with enterprise-grade software security standards
Optimize
runtime performance
for latency, throughput, and memory footprint across heterogeneous compute platforms (CPU, GPU, NPU
)
andacross various vendor AI Frameworks (such asOpenVino,RyzenAI,andQNN)
Embed safety and interpretability features
into the stack, including guardrails, telemetry, and explainability mechanisms
Contribute to platform reliability
, including fault tolerance, error handling, and automated recovery strategies
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
(AI researchers, product managers, QA, and DevOps) to deliver robust, production-ready solutions
Mentor junior engineers
byprovidingtechnical guidance, conducting code reviews, and supporting onboarding
Author technical documentation and best practices
, contributing to internal knowledge bases, design proposals, and architecture reviews
Required Qualifications:
Expertisein
Windows development
, including Win32 APIs, DLL development, and system-level programming
Strong understanding of
Windows software security best practices
(e.g., secure coding, privilege management, sandboxing)
Experience with
GGML, GGUF, and llama.cpp
for local model inference
Proficiencyin
C/C++
for client and systems development
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with ONNX, OpenVino, RyzenAI, and QNN runtimes
Working knowledge of
Python
and deep learning frameworks such as
PyTorch
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in complex, multi-threaded environments
Experience with
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
orothercross-platform development frameworks
Contributions to
open-source AI runtimes, libraries, or Windows utilities
Background in
performance optimization, compiler toolchains, or low-level hardware acceleration
#AAITC
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
Additional Locations
:
United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville
United States of America
United States of America - North Carolina
United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville
General Information
Req #
WD00088681
Career area:
Hardware Engineering
Country/Region:
United States of America
State:
North Carolina
City:
Morrisville
Date:
Friday, September 26, 2025
Working time:
Full-time
Additional Locations
:
United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville
Why Work at Lenovo
We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.
Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com , and read about the latest news via ourStoryHub (https://news.lenovo.com/) .
The Advanced AI Technology Center (AAITC)—Lenovo’s global AI Center of Excellence—is driving our transformation into an AI-first organization. We are assembling a world-class team of researchers, engineers, and innovators to position Lenovo and its customers at the forefront of the generational shift toward AI.
Lenovo is one of the world’s leading computing companies, delivering products across the entire technology spectrum, spanning wearables, smartphones (Motorola), laptops (ThinkPad, Yoga), PCs, workstations, servers, and services/solutions. This unmatched breadth gives us a unique canvas for AI innovation, including the ability to rapidly deploy cutting-edge foundation models and to enable flexible, hybrid-cloud, and agentic computing across our full product portfolio.
To this end, we are building the next wave of AI core technologies and platforms that leverage and evolve with the fast-moving AI ecosystem, including novel model and agentic orchestration & collaboration across mobile, edge, and cloud resources.
This space is evolving fast and so are we. If you’re ready to shape AI at a truly global scale, with products that touch every corner of life and work, there’s no better time to join us.
Description and Requirements
Lenovo is seeking anexperiencedSoftware Engineerto lead theintegration andimplementation ofSmall Language Model(SLM)inferencingforour next-generation AI systemsontoourWindowslaptopand desktop computers.If you are passionate about making Smarter TechnologyForAll, come help us realize our Hybrid AI vision!
R
esponsibilities
:
Design, implement, and
maintain
core agent runtimes
responsible for:
Dynamic model loading and lifecycle management
Scheduling, prioritization, and queuing of model inference requests
Information retrieval, data preprocessing, and context preparation pipelines
Develop system integrations
to support interoperability between Windows applications, services, and AI runtime components
Implement security and privacy controls
, including process isolation, sandboxing, audit logging, and compliance with enterprise-grade software security standards
Optimize
runtime performance
for latency, throughput, and memory footprint across heterogeneous compute platforms (CPU, GPU, NPU
)
andacross various vendor AI Frameworks (such asOpenVino,RyzenAI,andQNN)
Embed safety and interpretability features
into the stack, including guardrails, telemetry, and explainability mechanisms
Contribute to platform reliability
, including fault tolerance, error handling, and automated recovery strategies
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
(AI researchers, product managers, QA, and DevOps) to deliver robust, production-ready solutions
Mentor junior engineers
byprovidingtechnical guidance, conducting code reviews, and supporting onboarding
Author technical documentation and best practices
, contributing to internal knowledge bases, design proposals, and architecture reviews
Required Qualifications:
Expertisein
Windows development
, including Win32 APIs, DLL development, and system-level programming
Strong understanding of
Windows software security best practices
(e.g., secure coding, privilege management, sandboxing)
Experience with
GGML, GGUF, and llama.cpp
for local model inference
Proficiencyin
C/C++
for client and systems development
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with ONNX, OpenVino, RyzenAI, and QNN runtimes
Working knowledge of
Python
and deep learning frameworks such as
PyTorch
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in complex, multi-threaded environments
Experience with
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
orothercross-platform development frameworks
Contributions to
open-source AI runtimes, libraries, or Windows utilities
Background in
performance optimization, compiler toolchains, or low-level hardware acceleration
#AAITC
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
Additional Locations
:
United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville
United States of America
United States of America - North Carolina
United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville