Lead Software Engineer

Cadence Design Systems
Noida
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["C++","Rust","Python","Linux","Git","Perforce","Clang","SystemVerilog","SystemC","GPU","CUDA","LLM","AI"]

Lead Software Engineer role within Cadence's AVIP AI-driven engineering group in NOIDA. You will design and implement AI-enabled development frameworks, developer tools, and high-performance C++/GPU-accelerated systems. Collaborate with architects and AI/ML engineers across geographies to build scalable, production-grade software for next-generation AVIP verification and EDA ecosystems.

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Cadence Design Systems
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Lead Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead Software Engineer role within Cadence's AVIP AI-driven engineering group in NOIDA. You will design and implement AI-enabled development frameworks, developer tools, and high-performance C++/GPU-accelerated systems. Collaborate with architects and AI/ML engineers across geographies to build scalable, production-grade software for next-generation AVIP verification and EDA ecosystems.
Location: Noida
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Core Software Development: Design and implement features in AI-driven development frameworks, developer tools and automation systems, develop reusable libraries and utilities for internal engineering workflows, and write high-quality, maintainable code for C++ GUI/CLI/TUI applications
  • •Generative AI & LLM Engineering: Contribute to systems involving model fine-tuning/adaptation, prompt engineering and model steering, evaluation and benchmarking of LLM outputs, build and maintain training data pipelines
  • •Agentic Workflow Development: Work on multi-agent systems for task decomposition, code generation, self-validation and debugging loops, and contribute to orchestration frameworks that connect LLMs, developer tools and runtime environments
  • •Systems & Performance Engineering: Contribute to performance-critical components using modern C++ (C++20/23/26), low-level optimization techniques, and GPU acceleration where applicable
  • •Validation & Quality: Develop and maintain unit tests, integration tests, validation flows; participate in code reviews, debugging and root-cause analysis to ensure production-grade quality

Key Requirements

  • •Master's degree or Bachelor's in Computer Science with AI-focused projects, or Electronics/Electrical Engineering with Embedded System/HPC/Device Driver Development-focused projects
  • •Strong programming skills in C++ and/or Rust/Python
  • •Solid fundamentals in data structures and algorithms, software design and debugging
  • •Familiarity with Linux/Unix development environments and Git/Perforce-based workflows
  • •Experience or coursework in compiler/tooling ecosystems (e.g., Clang, language servers), hardware description languages (SystemVerilog/SystemC), and parallel/GPU computing
Experience:AIEdaSemiconductors
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:C++RustPythonLinuxGitPerforceClangSystemVerilogSystemCGPUCUDALLMAI
Tech Stack:C++RustPythonLinuxGitPerforceClangSystemVerilogSystemCGPUCUDALLMAI

Company Brief

Cadence Design Systems
Provides electronic design automation (EDA) software, IP, and services for semiconductor and systems companies to design, verify, and implement integrated circuits, systems-on-chip, and electronic systems across industries including communications, automotive, and consumer electronics.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1988
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