Key Skills
GolangCompilerToolchainLinuxGit
Industry
Consumer ElectronicsTelecommunications
Job Description
Introduction
About The Team
The Compiler & Toolchain team on IBM Z focuses on enabling and optimizing modern programming languages and runtime ecosystems for enterprise workloads on IBM Z systems. The team works on compiler enablement, toolchain validation, performance optimization, benchmarking, and upstream open-source contributions for technologies such as Golang, OpenJDK, .NET and Node.js on Linux for IBM Z.
Your Role And Responsibilities
Golang Compiler & Toolchain Development:
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
Required Professional and Technical Expertise:
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:
About The Team
The Compiler & Toolchain team on IBM Z focuses on enabling and optimizing modern programming languages and runtime ecosystems for enterprise workloads on IBM Z systems. The team works on compiler enablement, toolchain validation, performance optimization, benchmarking, and upstream open-source contributions for technologies such as Golang, OpenJDK, .NET and Node.js on Linux for IBM Z.
Your Role And Responsibilities
Golang Compiler & Toolchain Development:
- Develop and maintain Golang compiler and toolchain features for IBM Z platform.
- Support debugging and fixing issues in the Go compiler, assembler, runtime, and standard libraries on IBM Z platform.
- Run and analyze compiler validation, benchmark, and regression tests to identify performance characteristics and functional issues.
- Assist in optimizing Golang applications and runtime behavior for IBM Z architecture.
- Learn and contribute to automation of Go compiler/toolchain validation and benchmarking workflows.
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Work with upstream Go open-source communities and contribute fixes/enhancements where applicable.
- Assist in profiling Go applications and compiler-generated code to identify performance bottlenecks.
- Support implementation and validation of compiler and runtime performance improvements under guidance from senior team members.
- Learn performance tuning techniques specific to IBM Z architecture.
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Participate in benchmarking and comparative analysis across Go releases and toolchain versions.
- Work closely with team members and mentors to understand compiler internals and development workflows.
- Collaborate with development, testing, and performance teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Participate in technical discussions within the compiler and toolchain ecosystem.
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Communicate progress, findings, and technical challenges clearly within the team.
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
Required Professional and Technical Expertise:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Information Technology, or related field.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills and data structures with 1-2 years of project development experience.
- Good understanding of System programming, Linux Operating systems and Linux internals.
- Basic understanding of compiler concepts and compilation stages/process.
- Familiarity with debugging concepts.
- Exposure to Linux development environments and shell scripting.
- Understanding of software build systems, testing, and debugging tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Good communication and teamwork abilities.
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:
- Exposure to compiler development projects, compiler technologies, toolchains, or systems programming projects.
- Familiarity with assembly language concepts and computer architecture.
- Knowledge of Golang programming language.
- Knowledge of Git, CI/CD workflows, and open-source development practices.
- Exposure to performance analysis and benchmarking tools.
- Understanding of IBM Z architecture, Linux on IBM Z platform, or enterprise systems is an added advantage.
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