Senior Compiler Engineer — High-Performance EVM

Category Labs, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance options

Flexible paid time off

Monthly wellness reimbursement

Paid parental leave

World-class benefits package with 100%

Job summary

Category Labs, Inc. in New York seeks an exceptional compiler engineer to drive blue-sky, greenfield projects that accelerate bytecode execution.

You will help design a bytecode execution graph builder enabling speculative pre-execution of potential control-flow paths, requiring deep research and engineering across performance-oriented systems. The role offers exposure to cutting-edge crypto-adjacent technology, strong C++ implementation work, and collaboration with a lean, highly capable team.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in compiler design and system architecture.
• Strong background in software engineering principles.
• Experience with industry-standard compiler technologies.
• Good understanding of testing and benchmarking.
• Industry and/or academic experience working on compilers for parallel architectures.
• Strong C++ programming skills.
• Knowledge of type theory is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work on greenfield, performance-oriented projects in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Research ideas for accelerating EVM bytecode execution.
• Design and implement performant production systems.

Skills

Compiler design

System architecture

C++ programming

Parallel architectures

Testing benchmarks

Type theory

Job description

Category Labs, Inc. in New York seeks an exceptional compiler engineer to drive blue-sky, greenfield projects that accelerate bytecode execution.

You will help design a bytecode execution graph builder enabling speculative pre-execution of potential control-flow paths, requiring deep research and engineering across performance-oriented systems. The role offers exposure to cutting-edge crypto-adjacent technology, strong C++ implementation work, and collaboration with a lean, highly capable team.