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Staff Compiler Engineer

Hybrid in Barcelona·Full-time·Added 19 days ago

Openchip

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Overview

Job details

Permanent contract
Full-time hours.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

Have the right to work in Spain
Openchip doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Be near Barcelona, Spain (Hybrid) for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have 10+ years of experience
Staff-level role.
University degree
“Bachelor or Master's degree in a relevant field.” — per the ad.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.
Enjoy a hybrid work environment.
We also offer flexible schedule.
We offer a remuneration that values your experience.
The position will have the based in Barcelona.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

If you feel identified with Openchip, please contact us. We can offer a competitive compensation package in a flexible work schema that will help you to keep a balance between your personal and professional life.

At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• Bachelor or Master's degree in a relevant field.

• Experience in the relevant field (more than 10 years).

• Experience with compiler frameworks (e.g., LLVM, MLIR, GCC...).

• Experience with computation and parallelism APIs (e.g., CUDA, OpenAcc, OpenCL, OpenML, SYCL,...).

• Solid knowledge of the C++ and C programming languages.

• Experience with code benchmarking, debugging, profiling, and tracing.

• Experience with standard tools for source control (git), continuous integration, task management (Jira).

Nice to have

• Experience with the Python programming language.

• Experience with lower-level development (e.g., device drivers).

• Experience with ML model training and evaluation.

• Experience with ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras,...) and runtimes (e.g., ONNX, TfLite,...)

The role

Openchip is building exciting new RISC-V chips with HPC and AI acceleration. The Compilers team is developing the compilers, both for traditional languages (C, C++, Fortran) and for ML frameworks. As engineering lead, your role will be to provide technical direction of the team, mentor more junior developers, and drive innovation within the team, as they build on top of industry-standard compiler frameworks like LLVM to enable the use of Openchip's novel hardware features and accelerators, bringing visible improvements to end users.

What you'll do

• Understand the technical landscape of their project and make decisions about it.

• Make independent technical contributions, especially for the most foundational or challenging parts of the project.

- Write code to extend compiler frameworks (e.g., GCC, LLVM), enabling usage of novel hardware features and acceleration, and improving the quality of code generated for these targets.

- This includes both "traditional" (high-level language to binary) compilers as well as those manipulating ML intermediate representations (e.g., model graphs).

• Interact with engineers and leads from their and other teams to unblock issues, or to reach consensus on technical topics. In particular:

- Work with ML/AI and hardware teams, connecting their respective requirements and offerings, influencing hardware/software co-design.

- In other cases, understand ML/AI workloads, both industry standard ones and those of specific clients of the company, and map them to hardware features.

• Provide technical guidance to more junior team members, also acting as a mentor.

• Review team artifacts (design documents, code changes) both for correctness but also for code quality and consistency.

• Identify opportunities for code and/or process improvement.

• Loop in directors and above as needed, for instance to surface potential risks or get feedback based on area-level technical knowledge.

• Collaborate with program managers for task and deliverable tracking, as well as process improvements.

• Communicate outside the team, explaining and divulging technical topics to less technical parts of the organization.

Soft skills

• Within and cross-team collaboration at the technical level.

• Experience leading teams at the technical level (not necessarily with a formal management role).

About Openchip

Openchip is a Barcelona-based semiconductor startup focused on designing advanced RISC-V processors and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for high-performance computing, AI, and data center applications. The company is building a team of engineers to develop open, customizable silicon that challenges established players in the industry. With a strong emphasis on hardware architecture, security, and compiler development, Openchip is positioning itself as a key player in the European semiconductor ecosystem.

Openchip is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, and operates primarily from this location, making it a unique opportunity for international professionals to join a cutting-edge semiconductor company in Southern Europe. The work culture is engineering-driven, with a focus on innovation and open-source technologies. For international hires, the company offers the chance to work on complex technical challenges in a growing sector, while being based in a vibrant city with a high quality of life. The team is likely to be multicultural, given the global nature of the semiconductor talent pool.

Industry: Semiconductors
Employees: 50
Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain
In Spain: Barcelona
Website: openchip.com

Good to know if you are moving

Openchip is headquartered in Barcelona, a major European tech hub with a strong international community and excellent quality of life.
The company is focused on RISC-V architecture, which is an open standard, offering engineers the chance to work on open-source silicon technology.
As a startup, Openchip offers the opportunity to have a significant impact on the design and development of new products from early stages.
The company is likely to offer a competitive compensation package and the opportunity to work in a growing sector in Spain.
Barcelona has a well-connected international airport and a large expat community, making relocation easier for foreign professionals.

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