Principal Compiler Architect

Location- India

Principal Compiler Architect

• The role
• COBOL applications, backed by the legendary resilience, security, and scalability of IBM Z, are among global enterprises’ most valuable assets. They run mission-critical operations with business logic that is unique to the respective organization.
• We are hiring a Principal Compiler Architect to own the technical direction of the compiler part of our JOPAZ product, and to grow into leading the team that builds it.

• What you'll do
• •Own the compiler end to end
• •Guard correctness as the top priority
• •Define and defend how COBOL semantics map onto the JVM so that compiled programs are behaviorally equivalent to native execution
• •Drive performance on the JVM
• •Set the technical roadmap for the optimization strategy, make cross-cutting design decisions, and keep the codebase coherent as it grows
• •Collaborate across the product, including mainframe connectivity layers
• •Grow into technical and people leadership

• What we're looking for (must-have)
• •Proven, end-to-end compiler construction experience – you have built or substantially contributed to a production compiler; not just used compiler frameworks.
• •Multi-year JVM code expertise
• •Correctness and semantics engineering
• •Architecture-level judgment for optimization strategies
• •Ability to make and defend cross-cutting technical decisions in a long-lived codebase
• •Technical leadership instincts (mentoring engineers, communicate designs clearly)

• Strong plus-points (not required)
• •Hands-on COBOL knowledge, or experience with another legacy/ business language and its habits
• •z/OS experience: Java on z/OS, zIIP and specialty-engine offload, JCL/batch, …
• •Verification at scale, differential testing, conformance suites, fuzzing, or formal methods

Your Contact

Mubina Bhaisaheb- Senior Talent Acquisition Manager