Software Engineer II

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Candidate will work on Palladium Debug software. He/she will use C++ to do new feature development and enhance/maintain existing features.

Skills You’ll Need: Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and at least 2 years of experience or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering.
• Proficiency in C++ programming on Linux, demonstrated through coursework, academic research, internships, open-source contributions, or personal projects.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, computational complexity, and object-oriented programming.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex technical problems and develop logical, structured solutions.
• Basic understanding of software debugging and testing principles.
• Familiarity with coding agents and their application to software development tasks such as codebase exploration, implementation, debugging, test development, and documentation.
• Ability to review and validate agent-generated results, with an understanding of their correctness and broader technical implications.
• Willingness and ability to learn unfamiliar technologies, engineering tools, and technical domains.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Sound technical judgment, with attention to correctness, simplicity, performance, maintainability, and overall software quality.
• Algorithms and optimization, including graph algorithms, partitioning, clustering, matching, flow and cut algorithms, heuristics, metaheuristics, or combinatorial optimization.
• Parallel and concurrent programming, including multithreading, synchronization, task scheduling, distributed computation, SIMD programming, vectorization, or GPU acceleration.
• Performance engineering, including profiling, memory optimization, cache-aware data structures, workload analysis, or algorithmic tuning.
• Systems programming, computer architecture, operating systems, compilers, or large-scale data processing.
• Electronic Design Automation, digital logic design, simulation, emulation, verification, or semiconductor design workflows.
• Experience with modern software development workflows and tools on Linux, including version control systems such as Git or Perforce; build tools and systems such as Make and CMake; testing frameworks such as GoogleTest; and practices such as continuous integration, static analysis, and code review.
• Hands-on experience applying coding AI agents to multi-step software engineering tasks, such as repository exploration, technical planning, implementation, build execution, test development, debugging, validation, and iterative refinement.

The annual salary range for California is $105,000 to $195,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more. We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.