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F5 Networks, Inc Compiler Lead - RP1031526 in SEATTLE, Washington
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
Compiler Lead
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
Position Summary
This position will lead the design of a new compiler and necessary libraries and runtime support, designed to meet a challenging mix of speed and space constraints arising in business-critical production settings. The role will be expected to have a broad knowledge of compilers, interpreters, and their associated runtime support. Candidates should have several years experience developing compilers in a significant commercial or open-source context. It would be useful to have expertise in compilation of both static and dynamic languages, and targeting WebAssembly.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design and implement new compiler, from concept to production
- Monitor and optimize system time/space performance
- Stay abreast of latest developments in compilation and optimization
- Support roadmap development and recruiting activities
- Help set expectations with software, architecture, and hardware stakeholders
- Provide technical leadership to a small team of engineers
Work with geographically distributed compiler, architecture and application teams to oversee improvements and problem resolutions
Qualifications
- MS/PhDin PL/Compilers highly desirable
- Broad knowledge of compilers, interpreters, and their associated runtime support.
- Several years of experience developing compilers in a significant commercial or open-source context
- Proficiency in a variety of development styles and languages, both static and dynamic
- Exposure/experience targeting Wasm a plus
- Strong design and analytical skills
- Excellent leadership and collaboration skills
- Strong background in software engineering principles with a focus on crafting robust and maintainable solutions to challenging problems
Good communication and documentation skills
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual U.S. base pay range for this position is: $237,848.00 - $356,772.00
