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roofline

Senior Staff AI Compiler Engineer

roofline

. Design and implement core components of our next generation compiler built upon MLIR .

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