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Programming Language Engineer

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc

London

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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An innovative firm is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join their specialized OCaml Language team. This role focuses on enhancing the OCaml programming language, making it more accessible for developers and improving the performance of the generated code. You'll be part of a collaborative effort to extend the type system and optimize the compiler, contributing to open-source projects and engaging with the broader OCaml community. If you have a passion for language design and implementation, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in the programming languages landscape.

Multiple years of experience in practical language design and implementation.
Research experience in programming languages is a plus.

Improve OCaml as a foundation for the technology stack.
Work on optimizing the OCaml compiler and surrounding toolchain.

Programming Languages

Language Design

Implementation Skills

Open-source Development

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Research experience in programming languages

Profiling Tools

Debugging Tools

Documentation Generation Tools

We're looking to hire an experienced Software Engineer with a background working on programming languages to join us. Jane Street's OCaml Language team focuses on improving OCaml as a foundation for our ever-growing technology stack, in collaboration with the greater OCaml community. We work on many different aspects of the language, aiming to make it easier for developers to express their ideas in OCaml, to improve the performance of the generated code, and to make the OCaml compiler itself faster and easier to use.

Over the years, we’ve extended the type system with support for novel language features, re-engineered the optimizer ground-up, and added feedback-directed optimization. We also extend and enhance the surrounding toolchain, working on tools for profiling, debugging and generating documentation. The vast majority of our work is open-source, and we upstream as much as we can to the mainstream OCaml compiler.

About You

For this specialised role within the OCaml Language team, we are seeking candidates with multiple years of experience in practical language design and implementation in an industrial-strength implementation. Research experience and publications in programming languages is a plus, but not a requirement. No previous experience with OCaml or functional programming languages is required.

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