Compiler Engineer

Description

Are you interested in driving the success of the most powerful Arm CPUs? We are looking for skilled C++ developers to join our compiler team.

Job Overview

Our commercial compiler serves the cloud compute, AI and HPC markets and are used by industry, government and academia to perform ground breaking scientific research and simulations, such as weather forecasting, modelling the big bang and simulating the human brain. Our work makes these important software workloads work best on Arm.

In this role you will engage directly with the LLVM community, contributing to the open-source Clang compiler as well as the many other toolchains throughout the industry that build on LLVM. The potential impact is huge!

We are a Diverse and hard-working group from all over the world. The team has people in Cambridge and Manchester, this role is for either site. We have a hybrid working policy, which gives you the option to split your time between working from home and working from our office. We believe that a diversity of opinions and personalities are key to the success of our team and we encourage all types of characters in ours.

Responsibilities:

Identify and implement changes to our LLVM compiler, libraries and open source applications to improve the performance of benchmark workloads and to better support Arm architectural features and core designs.

Develop our commercial C, C++ and Fortran toolchain used across the industry as well as internal compilers that aid other teams (such as the Arm Architecture team) in their development of new architectural features.

Participate in the open source LLVM community, including opportunities to attend and present at developer meetings.

Develop our automated test frameworks to defend the functionality and performance of our tools.

Required Skills and Experience

Compiler development, particularly in the LLVM project.

C++ programming.

Effective communication to persuade and influence internal or external partners.

Application of software methodologies, tools, and processes including code review.

Note: Training may be provided for applicants that have proficiency with only a subset of these key skills.

You will be educated to degree level or have similar relevant experience.

“Nice to have” Skills & Experience

The following is a selection of skills used across our projects.

You do not need to have experience with any of these to apply or succeed in your application.

Optimising code for performance through knowledge of computer architecture and CPU design.

Open source community citizenship including code commits and reviews. Personal projects are also welcome.

Low-level programming in Arm assembly.

Expertise with git version control system.

Knowledge of Fortran.

Basic Linux administration, particularly installation and maintenance.

Test development using Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins, and maintenance of test infrastructure using DevOps frameworks such as Chef or Ansible.

Skilled application of Agile software development techniques

Line Management experience: setting objectives, training, coaching, mentoring and supporting personal development.

In Return

In return all arm employees are provided with vital training to succeed in their respective roles. As well as a friendly and high-performance working environment, Arm offers a competitive benefits package including private medical insurance, sabbatical, supplementary pension, and wellness benefits. We are offering a hybrid approach to home and office working to provide an adaptable experience for all employees. We expect some working time to be spent in office, to promote a strong collaborative environment with good team integration but are accommodating to different home working requirements.

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