Senior Software Engineer – LLVM/Fuzzing/Program Analysis

Quantum Minds; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

the company is seeking a senior software engineer to support a modern analysis pipeline involving compiler tooling, program analysis, fuzzing, and automation. The role focuses on building LLVM-based tooling and preparing code for an open-source release.

You will work on LLVM IR generation, fuzzing harnesses, crash triage, Python tooling, and CI improvements, with a path toward open-source readiness and reproducible builds.

Qualifications

• Strong C/C++ systems engineering.
• Hands-on LLVM IR + pass development.
• Fuzzing + sanitizers experience.
• Crash analysis + software-security fundamentals.
• Python + Git workflows.
• Microsoft ecosystem experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• LLVM IR generation + metadata.
• LLVM pass development (IR cleanup, MMIO handling, fuzzability improvements).
• Fuzzing harnesses + campaigns (libFuzzer, AFL++, Honggfuzz).
• Crash triage, deduplication, automated reporting.
• Python tooling + CI improvements.
• Open-source readiness (licensing, reproducible builds, repo migration).

Skills

C/C++ systems programming

LLVM IR development

Fuzzing tooling

Python scripting

Git workflows

Software security fundamentals

Tools

libFuzzer

AFL++

Honggfuzz

LLVM passes

Job description

the company | Senior Software Engineer - LLVM/Fuzzing/Program Analysis | Contract | REMOTE (US) | Full-Time

the company is hiring a senior engineer to support a modern analysis pipeline involving compiler tooling, program analysis, fuzzing, and automation. The work includes preparing the codebase for future open-source release.

You’ll work on:

• LLVM IR generation + metadata
• LLVM pass development (IR cleanup, MMIO handling, fuzzability improvements)
• Fuzzing harnesses + campaigns (libFuzzer, AFL++, Honggfuzz)
• Crash triage, deduplication, automated reporting
• Python tooling + CI improvements
• Open-source readiness (licensing, reproducible builds, repo migration)

Requirements:

• Strong C/C++ systems engineering
• Hands-on LLVM IR + pass development
• Fuzzing + sanitizers experience
• Crash analysis + software-security fundamentals
• Python + Git workflows
• Microsoft ecosystem experience strongly preferred

Nice to have:

• Firmware/embedded (MMIO, HALs, rehosting)
• CodeQL or other static-analysis tooling
• LLM/agent integration experience
• CFG/SSA/dataflow background
• Open-source contribution experience

Remote contract role. Work directly with a team preparing a major analysis pipeline for future open-source release.