At Kandou, we are redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our mission is to democratise AI by significantly reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of hardware systems — a critical barrier to scalable adoption.

Our proprietary MIMO-over-copper technology powers a high-performance, chiplet-based AI memory fabric that is both scalable and energy-productive. Unlike traditional interconnects, our solution reduces power consumption significantly while preserving high bandwidth and ultra-low latency — unlocking unprecedented efficiency for AI training and inference at scale.

Kandou’s architecture is not just an incremental improvement — it’s a foundational shift in how AI hardware is built for the future.

We are actively seeking a Software Engineer (Firmware) Lead, based in Hyderabad OR Bangalore

Responsibilities:
Work to develop, test and maintain embedded firmware for silicon products.
Ensuring the robustness of code by implementing and running a software test suite
Migration, consolidation and development of existing silicon debug software




Software design and support for our silicon design infrastructure
Essential Experience:
Robust experience in designing, coding and debugging real-time applications in C and/or C++ in a embedded workplace
Experience in using or implementing Real-Time scheduler or RTOS
Knowledge of 32-bit processor architecture
Interfacing to hardware and peripherals: SPI, I2C/SMBus, JTAG
Debugging at application and hardware level
Appreciation of Software validation and verification techniques
Ability to develop under different platforms (Linux, Windows)
Use of modern SW development workflows (CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake etc.)
Independent, self starter who can help drive the firmware development forward.

Practical Experience:
Development in a modern high-level scripting language (e.g. Python, Lua).
Experience interfacing to flash memory, including in-field update techniques
Appreciation of Cryptographic algor

📌 Software Engineer Hyderabad
🏢 Kandou Bus
📍 Hyderabad