Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Compilers

Arm

Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Role

Job Overview:

Are you interested in working on pioneering compiler technology whilst helping to lead and develop our team of dedicated engineers to achieve their full potential? We have an opening for an exciting and varied role in our GNU Tools team in Cambridge, UK.

In this role you will collaborate with the GNU community, contributing to the open-source GCC compiler and other GNU projects, to make the best use of Arm architectural features such as SVE and SME.

You may also help analyse and improve the performance of applications and benchmarks running on Arm hardware.

Previous experience working with GNU or other compiler toolchains will be desirable.

Responsibilities:

Identify and implement changes to GCC compiler, libraries and open source applications to optimise benchmark workloads.
Improve the open-source GNU framework to better support Arm architectural features and core designs.
Participate in the open source GNU community, including reviews upstream and opportunities to attend and present at developer meetings.
Develop our automated test frameworks to defend the functionality and performance of our tools.
Mentor junior members of the team to help grow their skills.

Required Skills and Experience:

C and/or C++ programming.
Advanced experience of low level software or hardware development that require looking at computer architecture specifications like compilers, debuggers, models, etc
Effective communication skills to influence internal or external partners.
Application of software methodologies, tools, and processes including code review.
Mentoring, guiding, and supporting personal and professional development in an engineering setting.
Note: Training may be provided if you have only a subset of these key skills.