Compiler Engineer, SCIP Maintainer

Sourcegraph

Compiler Engineer at Sourcegraph focusing on SCIP maintenance and development, contributing to infrastructure that empowers developers globally. Lead open-source standards and compiler engineering tasks.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $172,000 - $192,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to infrastructure that empowers millions of developers to do their best work
Grow SCIP into a thriving, self-sustaining, multi-party open standard
Shape governance and the roadmap by owning the protocol with its indexer ecosystem
Review and mentor contributors and help set Sourcegraph's product direction for code intel

Requirements

What you’ll need

Senior to staff-level open-source standard-bearer with credible compiler and language fluency
Experience creating or leading a developer tool or standard consumed across many organizations
Familiarity with code-intelligence formats and tooling: SCIP, LSIF, LSP, tree-sitter, rust-analyzer, or comparable ecosystems.
Willingness to learn Go, which our backend is written in.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Competitive compensation
Equity options
Generous perks & benefits

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

Compiler FluencyOpen-Source StandardsCode-Intelligence FormatsSCIPLSIFLSPTree-SitterRust-AnalyzerDeveloper Tool CreationProtocol Ownership

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationLeadership