Software Engineer, Compiler

The Browser Company
$295,000 - $350,000Remote

About The Position

The Browser Company is building a better way to use the internet with a browser that empowers users to grow, create, and stay curious. They are seeking a diverse team with a wide range of perspectives to shape their browser. This role focuses on advancing Windows support for Swift and building features for internal projects and the broader Swift community. The work will influence how browsers and cross-platform applications are built with Swift at the core. The engineer will collaborate with the open-source community, Apple, and other Swift users while addressing technical challenges in language and compiler design.

Requirements

  • Compiler experience. You have 4+ years of experience working with language compilers and complex codebases, such as LLVM. Ideally, you've worked with Swift and/or C++.
  • Operating system experience. Some familiarity with one of our operating systems (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS) is preferred, but not required.
  • A passion for build systems and tooling. You understand how to improve systems to make them easier to understand, debug, and maintain. You're excited about elegant, maintainable, and easy to use build tooling and configuration.
  • Pragmatism and problem-solving. You're pragmatic, motivated by nebulous problems, and excited to work in a startup environment with quick product validation cycles.
  • You're time zone overlaps with our team. We're primarily focused on hiring in North American time zones and require that folks have at least 4+ hours of overlap time with team members in Eastern Time Zone.
  • You resonate with our company values.

Responsibilities

  • Enhance Compiler Performance: Investigate and address performance bottlenecks, focusing on areas like memory allocation, PGO/LTO/BOLT, and hot function optimizations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve build times and developer productivity.
  • Platform Support: Maintain and expand support for multiple operating systems, including Windows and Android. This includes enabling CI testing, debugging tools, and profiling capabilities to ensure robust toolchain performance. Maintain and improve support for multiple architectures including X86_64 and ARM64 across different Operating Systems. Be involved in emerging architecture support as well (e.g. RISCV).
  • Toolchain Development: Build and maintain custom toolchains on macOS and Windows, ensuring seamless integration with tools like Xcode and VSCode. Develop deployment solutions for alternative toolchains to enhance developer workflows. Work to support new platforms for cross-compilation and improve existing ones across the compilation pipeline.
  • Cross-Language Interoperability: Drive innovations in Swift and C/C++, Java/Kotlin interoperability, enabling seamless integration for Windows and Android application development. Improve Swift's interoperability with C and C++ codebases to improve developer experiences with multi-lingual codebases.
  • Open Source by Default: Nearly all of your work lands upstream in LLVM, Swift, and related projects. Your contributions are visible, impactful, and benefit the wider developer community.

Benefits

  • Base salary
  • Equity
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Best-in-class benefits designed to support you, your family, and your life outside of work
  • Big-company perks with startup-style impact, ownership, and ways of working
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