Senior AI Compiler Engineer – LLVM Toolchain (Bristol)

XMOS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

XMOS is seeking a Senior AI Compiler Engineer to lead the development of the LLVM-based toolchain for a new multi-core RISC-V processor, with a focus on enabling AI and ML workloads on XMOS hardware.

You will join the Compilation Tools team in Bristol or UK-based, maintaining the XCORE toolchain and MLIR-based AI compiler, while contributing to the next generation of silicon and tooling for embedded devices.

Qualifications

• Experience with compiler or AI/ML toolchain development.
• Ability to learn and adapt on the job.
• Experience with MLIR, XLA or TFLite is beneficial.
• Interest in AI workloads on embedded multi-core processors.
• 2–3+ years of development in a commercial setting.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and enhance a full Clang/LLVM toolchain for a new multi-core RISC-V processor.
• Maintain and improve XCORE ISA toolchain and bespoke runtime libraries.
• Advance AI Compiler based on MLIR and TensorFlow Lite support.
• Plan and implement next generation of AI compilation offering.
• Perform benchmark-driven optimizations for resource-constrained targets.
• Contribute to silicon and toolchain specifications.

Skills

Embedded systems

Compiler development

AI/ML toolchains

TensorFlow / MLIR / TFLite

Autonomous problem solving

C/C++ development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Clang/LLVM toolchain

LLD linker

MLIR framework

Job description

XMOS is seeking a Senior AI Compiler Engineer to lead the development of the LLVM-based toolchain for a new multi-core RISC-V processor, with a focus on enabling AI and ML workloads on XMOS hardware.

You will join the Compilation Tools team in Bristol or UK-based, maintaining the XCORE toolchain and MLIR-based AI compiler, while contributing to the next generation of silicon and tooling for embedded devices.