Senior Staff AI Compiler Engineer

roofline

AI Compiler Engineer designing and implementing compiler components built upon MLIR for Roofline. Collaborating with senior engineers and aligning stakeholders to drive technical developments.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeKöln • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement core components of our next generation compiler built upon MLIR
Set technical direction by owning key architecture and design decisions across the software stack
Explore, plan, and implement novel optimization techniques
Iterate with peers on customers’ teams to design the best compiler technology and user experience possible and present results to higher management
Lead technical development and roadmaps for your part of the stack, working with senior and junior team members
Align internal and external stakeholders on big changes and future long time developments
Drive knowledge sharing through high-quality documentation, design reviews, and cross-team context sharing to accelerate team-wide decision-making and technical growth
Expand a growing open-source community to foster a strong ecosystem around Roofline
Anticipate technical trends and make our software ready to handle them

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of compiler experience (LLVM), including ownership of major components or architectures
Experience targeting CPUs, GPUs, or NPUs/ custom accelerators, including performance optimization
Expert knowledge and hands-on experience in C++ and Python
Hands-on experience with MLIR or similar compiler frameworks for tensor/graph workloads
Proven understanding of software engineering principles, data structures, design patterns, and algorithms
Desire to work with a growing community of open-source contributors
Ambition and curiosity to solve complex problems, a strong mindset to take ownership of your tasks to drive our solutions forwards, and collaborative attitude to foster our culture
Meaningful contributions to open-source compiler communities (Nice to haves)
Knowledge of AI algorithms and compiling to AI workloads to relevant hardware (Nice to haves)
Knowledge of data motion networks, data flow programming models, and optimized AI libraries (Nice to haves)

Benefits

Comp & perks

The opportunity to grow.
The team to succeed.
The flexibility you need.
The compensation that rewards.
The culture you desire.

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Hard Skills & Tools

compiler experienceLLVMC++PythonMLIRperformance optimizationsoftware engineering principlesdata structuresdesign patternsalgorithms

Soft Skills

ownershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcuriosityambitionknowledge sharingtechnical growthstakeholder alignmentdocumentationdesign reviews