Senior Compiler Engineer — Remote, High-Impact

Code Metal, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan with 100% premium

401k with 5% matching

Paid Time Off (uncapped vacation, plus

Flexible hybrid or remote work

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Code Metal, Inc. is building a new generation of translation tools that turn Python algorithm code into correct, deployable C++ for embedded systems.

They combine classic compiler techniques with generative AI and formal verification, with emphasis on analysis and lowering to manage semantics exactly. You’ll lead the architecture of the translation pipeline from parsing and semantic analysis through IR design to C++ code generation, ensuring Python semantics align with statically typed C++.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development in C++ and/or Python.
• Experience building a compiler, transpiler, interpreter or language runtime: end-to-end pipeline.
• Deep understanding of parsing, AST and IR design, type systems, IR transformations and code generation.
• Experience with compiler infrastructure such as Clang/LLVM, MLIR, GCC or equivalent.
• Strong modern C++: templates, value semantics, undefined behaviour, mapping source to machine.
• Solid delivery fundamentals: code review, testing, CI/CD and build systems.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the pipeline's IR, analysis passes and C++ code generation.
• Build type inference and lowering for dynamic Python features: arbitrary-precision integers, exceptions, generators, containers, and calls to the standard library and third-party libraries.
• Make semantic equivalence measurable through differential testing against CPython, conformance suites and fuzzing.
• Integrate LLM-assisted generation where analysis falls short, with structured outputs and checks that catch its mistakes.
• Collaborate with verification and domain specialists to bring static analysis and formal methods into the pipeline.
• Set engineering standards for the codebase: tests, CI/CD, reproducible builds and code review.

Skills

C++

Python

Compiler design

Parsing/IR design

Clang/LLVM

GCC

CI/CD

Tools

Clang/LLVM

MLIR

GCC

Job description

Code Metal, Inc. is building a new generation of translation tools that turn Python algorithm code into correct, deployable C++ for embedded systems.

They combine classic compiler techniques with generative AI and formal verification, with emphasis on analysis and lowering to manage semantics exactly. You’ll lead the architecture of the translation pipeline from parsing and semantic analysis through IR design to C++ code generation, ensuring Python semantics align with statically typed C++.