# Applied AI Engineer at Silimate

- Company: Silimate (YC S23)
- What the company does: Fast, efficient agents for chip design and debug. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.silimate.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Mountain View, CA, US / San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/silimate/jobs/RVX3ulq-applied-ai-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/silimate-applied-ai-engineer/

## About the role

We’re looking for an engineer with significant AI/ML + LLM experience to build AI-native core tools and agents for frontend chip design workflows. You are excited about transforming the way chips are built by the semiconductor industry.

## What they're looking for

- Highly skilled with Python, C++, PyTorch/torch
- Strong understanding of traditional ML models, LLMs, foundation models, and agents
- Experience building ML pipelines
- Experience fine-tuning and benchmarking LLMs/foundation models
- Excited about applying AI/ML techniques to chip design
- Good at shipping high-quality code quickly

Tags: Engineering