Senior Software Engineer - LLVM/Compilers

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Provide technical expertise and influence across LLVM compiler development for Arm and upstream, shaping optimisation strategies
• ▹Mentor engineers inside the LLVM team and in the community
• ▹Represent Arm in the LLVM ecosystem, leading upstream contributions
• ▹Partner across internal Arm teams to define priorities and deliver integrated solutions
• ▹Champion process and quality improvements in development workflows, profiling methodologies and performance benchmarking
• ▹Analyse and improve the performance of applications and benchmarks on Arm hardware

Requirements

• ▹Excellent programming skills in C/C++
• ▹LLVM open source community citizenship, including code commits and reviews
• ▹Hands-on experience in analysing performance bottlenecks
• ▹Experience in low-level software or hardware development that requires looking at computer architecture specifications, such as compilers, debuggers, models
• ▹Proficiency in software development and methodologies (coding, testing, debugging, reviewing)
• ▹Effective communication skills to influence internal or external partners
• ▹Collaboration across teams and sites
• ▹Proactive with strong problem-solving ability

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Profile Guided Optimization (PGO)
• ▹Understanding of computer architecture
• ▹Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
• ▹Familiarity with Linux performance analysis tools and system level performance tuning
• ▹Familiarity with build systems and CI

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Work directly with upstream communities
• ▹Opportunity to learn about the latest Arm architecture features