Software Engineer II - Cadence - Remote - Global

Join Cadence Design Systems as a Software Engineer II within our Quantus Insight R&D team (Digital & Signoff Group). Quantus Insight is our next-generation parasitic extraction platform. Built from scratch less than four years ago, this modern codebase offers a rare Electronic Design Automation (EDA) environment with minimal legacy burden and significant room for fresh development. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineering leaders to build and maintain the graphical user interface (GUI) and core software workflows. Because our databases frequently handle massive datasets, you will learn to tackle real-world scalability and performance challenges. This position also offers an exciting entry point into Agentic AI workflows, allowing you to help transition a desktop GUI into an AI-assisted environment. We provide strong, dedicated mentoring and clear career growth opportunities to help you build advanced skills in modern C++, the Qt framework, and cutting-edge LLM software development. Job Responsibilities 1. Core Engine & Workflow Support Dataflow Maintenance: Assist in implementing and maintaining stable internal dataflows between the computational backend and platform workflows. Code Optimization: Write clean, efficient C++ code to support data throughput and memory optimization under the guidance of senior engineers. 2. Agentic AI & Automation Support AI & Test Automation: Assist in connecting system APIs into our next-generation AI workflow while creating and running automated tests to verify autonomous AI actions. 3. GUI Development (Qt Framework) Widgets Implementation: Participate in the hands-on development of the Quantus Insight graphical interface using C++ and Qt Widgets. UI Component Maintenance: Work with existing Qt Model/View components (trees, tables, forms) to ensure efficient data rendering. Linux Debugging: Debug and fix minor UI layout and performance issues in Linux desktop environments using tools like GDB.