Compiler Developer

Compiler Developer at Akhetonics GmbH

Requirements

Location: Only for applicants from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other EU countries

Language: English - Native speaker

Must Have criteria:

• Experience in LLVM / MLIR / SPIR-V / HLSL / Shader-Compiler
• IR-/Backend-/Codegen-Erfahrung
• Memory models, type systems, calling conventions
• Systems-level C++ or Rust or Go
• Debugging complex Compiler Pipelines
• Experience in industrial Toolchains
• C# / object-oriented language
  
  

General knowledge of

SSA-based compilers:

• Program analysis:
• Data flow analysis (liveness, use-def chains, reaching definitions)
• Dominance analysis
• Control flow analysis
• Register pressure
• Phi instruction
• Code generation & optimization:
• Register allocation
• Spilling
• Instruction legalization/expansion
  

Skills:

• Working in agile environment
• Testing (Unit & Integration)
• Clean Code
• Adaptability to custom/novel architectures
  
  

Activities

• Develop and implement compiler components using C# or another object-oriented language.
• Deep understanding and application of SPIR-V concepts and documentation in compiler development.
• Working with SSA-based compiler architectures to improve code quality and performance.
• Implement and optimize program analysis techniques, including:
• Data flow analysis (Liveness, Use-Def Chains, Reaching Definitions).
• Dominance analysis and Control flow analysis.
• Develop and refine code generation and optimization strategies:
• Register Allocation and handling of Spilling.
• Instruction Legalization/Expansion.
• Considering and optimizing Register Pressure.
• Handling special instructions such as Phi Instructions.
• Ensuring code quality through adherence to Clean Code principles.
• Creating and executing robust Unit & Integration Tests.
• Active contribution to an agile development environment.
  

Team

You will be working in a small but focussed team in our Munich office.

About The Company

Akhetonics is creating the world’s first all-optical XPU, a cross-domain processor for general-purpose, ultra-low power, high-performance computing and AI. Furthermore, our photonic processors are created using a purely European supply chain, from fabrication to packaging, allowing for an unmatched security in the high-performance computing domain.

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