Senior Software Engineer, Rack Management - Cork, Ireland

QT Technologies Ireland Limited - Engineering Group, Software Engineering. Qualcomm is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of rack management software for AI accelerator products in data center environments. This role spans provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, and lifecycle management across heterogeneous hardware and software stacks.

Please note: this role will require 5 days per week onsite in our Cork office.

• Architect and implement software solutions for rack provisioning, monitoring, and workload deployment.

• Interface with rack hardware (BMC, PDU, CDU, PCIe switches) using Redfish, SNMP, and IPMI protocols.

• Integrate rack management software with orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform, Foreman).

• Collaborate with ODMs, ISVs, and internal teams to define and deliver scalable rack software solutions.

• Develop dashboards and telemetry pipelines using Prometheus and Grafana.

• Support firmware updates, crash dump parsing, and remote diagnostics across rack components.

• Ensure secure boot, VLAN separation, and QoS enforcement for multi-tenant environments.

• Contribute to software EBOM and protocol documentation with Pegatron and other partners.

• Build and maintain unified dashboard for Rack Management.

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure software development.

• Proficiency in Python, C++, and shell scripting.

• Experience with Redfish APIs and DCIM tools (e.g., Sunbird, Schneider Electric).

• Familiarity with Foreman, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet for provisioning and configuration.

• Strong understanding of server hardware, networking, and storage systems.

• Excellent problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Experience with OpenBMC tools like Gigabyte Pod Manager.

• Knowledge of AI workload orchestration tools (e.g., Kubeflow, K8s).

• Exposure to scalable telemetry systems and log aggregation pipelines.

• Familiarity with rack-level lifecycle management.

Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people employed by over 170 overseas companies. There is growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, offering an excellent quality of life. Cork Airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations, including transatlantic routes.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus

• Maternity/Paternity Leave

• Employee stock purchase scheme

• Matching pension scheme

• Education Assistance

• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)

• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance

• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being

• Bicycle purchase scheme

• Employee run clubs, including running, football, chess, badminton, and more

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possess the required competencies.

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