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Clockwork Systems, Inc.

Senior Software Engineer - HPC & Low-Level Systems

Clockwork Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306

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About Clockwork Clockwork.io – A Software-Driven Revolution in AI Networking

Clockwork Systems was founded by Stanford researchers and veteran systems engineers who share a vision for redefining the foundations of distributed computing. As AI workloads grow increasingly complex, traditional infrastructure struggles to meet the demands of performance, reliability, and precise coordination. Clockwork is pioneering a software-driven approach to AI networking, delivering deterministic time, ultra-low latency, and seamless scalability for modern distributed systems.

To learn more, visit www.clockwork.io.

What you will do Use your knowledge and experience to lead/contribute directly to the design and build of high performance, reliable and scalable systems.

You bring

At least 5 years of experience with C/C++ systems programming

Deep knowledge of Linux internals (e.g., system calls, memory management, kernel modules)

Strong foundation in concurrent programming and synchronization techniques

Strong understanding of the TCP/IP stack, socket programming, and low-latency networking (e.g., RDMA, DPDK, XDP)

Strong understanding of memory hierarchy, CPU caches, multi-core architectures, and GPUs

Strong skills in systems design, performance analysis, and low-level debugging

Nice to Have

Contributions to open-source HPC libraries or Linux kernel subsystems

Experience with performance tuning of large-scale HPC clusters

Experience with MPI, RPC frameworks, or distributed runtimes

Experience with NCCL, CUDA and GPU Kernels

Knowledge of RDMA APIs (e.g., libibverbs) and transport semantics

Experience with NIC drivers or NIC architecture

Clockwork Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building world-class teams by welcoming bright, passionate individuals from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We believe diversity drives innovation, and we grow stronger together.

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