This role pays more than
95%
of similar roles. Most pay
$169,550–$235,750
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$309k
versus about
$203k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Arm Holdings
Arm Holdings plc is a leading British semiconductor and software design firm, established in 1990 and recognized for developing energy-efficient processor architectures that power nearly all smartphones and a vast range of IoT and computing devices.
Arm Holdings currently has
48 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$209,100–$282,900
across 47 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer on the AI Compute Platform team, you will design and build a secure, reliable platform for running AI workloads at scale. You will develop control-plane services, APIs, orchestration systems, and developer tools to support distributed training and inference. Your daily work involves building scalable backend services, Kubernetes controllers for workload management, and multi-tenant capabilities including access, secrets, and auditability. To succeed, you must possess strong programming skills in Go or Python and experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and production backend services. The role requires proficiency with Kubernetes, containers, asynchronous processing, relational databases, and tools like PostgreSQL, Kafka, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana. You will solve complex infrastructure problems by simplifying workflows for engineers and researchers while managing the technical challenges of scaling AI workloads across distributed systems.
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