Software Program Manager – HPC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Lead the planning and execution of significant software initiatives, encompassing project timelines, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and execution status.

• Collaborate with software engineering leaders to ensure that work is prioritized, monitored, and delivered efficiently.

• Take ownership of software timelines, deliverables, and dependencies that support next-generation product milestones.

• Monitor commitments among software, firmware, hardware, and platform teams.

• Identify scope, schedule, and integration trade-offs for resolution by decision-makers.

• Coordinate development, testing, DevOps, firmware, hardware, platform, systems engineering, and field organizations.

• Drive consensus on priorities, dependencies, risks, release readiness, and customer commitments.

• Assist in software release planning, readiness reviews, defect management, issue visibility, and go/no-go decisions.

• Create dashboards, status reports, risk registers, milestone tracking, and communication rhythms.

• Provide updates to engineering leadership and executives regarding progress, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs.

• Manage customer-facing software issues, escalations, commitments, ownership, mitigation plans, and resolution status.

• Enhance Jira workflows, release tracking, status reporting, bug triage, dependency management, and engineering execution.

• Facilitate discussions on prioritization and trade-offs involving competing priorities, resources, schedules, and customer commitments.

• Maintain project plans, schedules, risks, decisions, dependencies, execution status, and records of technical ownership.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in software project management, including direct responsibility for schedules, dependencies, and release execution.

• Experience in supporting high-performance computing (HPC), AI/ML infrastructure, or other performance-critical systems environments.

• Experience in coordinating software deliverables against hardware or platform schedules, including bring-up, integration, and system-level milestones.

• Strong understanding of modern methodologies and AI workflows.

• Proficiency in Jira and Confluence.

• Exceptional communication and coordination abilities, with the capacity to collaborate across teams.

• Proven track record of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience).

• Background in Software Engineering.

• Familiarity with fabric, networking, or silicon product development, or AI training and inference infrastructure at scale.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity, cash, and incentives.

• Health insurance.

• Retirement benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Disability and life insurance.

• Dependent care flexible spending account.

• Accidental injury insurance.

• Pet insurance.

• Generous paid holidays.

• 401(k) with company match.

• Open Time Off (OTO) for regular full-time exempt employees.

• Sick time.

• Bonding leave.

• Pregnancy disability leave.

• A dynamic, flexible work environment.