Principal Compiler Backend Engineer, Amazon
Graviton Software
$180.1-311.2k
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$180.1-311.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- At least 10 years of programming experience using C or C++
- 5+ years of experience in compiler backend development and/or optimization
- Previous experience with CPU architecture and micro-architecture, including SIMD
Desirable
- Experience with multiple toolchains, compilers, and Instruction Set Architectures
- Experience contributing to open-source projects like GCC, LLVM or similar
- Experience leading and mentoring engineers
What the job involves
- The Graviton Software team is dedicated to ensuring that all software used by our customers and Amazon teams fully leverage the Graviton hardware
- We lead open-source development initiatives and collaborate closely with the AWS Annapurna team to design and build sustainable hardware and software solutions
- Our goal is to optimize performance across a wide range of applications, including databases, media, rendering engines, machine learning, high-performance computing, and libraries
- As a Compiler Principal Software Engineer, you will responsible for the technical strategy and direction optimizing code generation for Arm CPU cores using GCC and LLVM
- You are passionate in advancing compiler technology; you will lead the design and development of new Graviton-specific features, upstream them to the open-source projects, and drive initiatives across the organization
- You will be working closely with PEs and VPs responsible for the hardware and firmware design
- In this role, you will have the opportunity to dive deep into code generation on a CPU where we have full visibility on micro-architecture level, and shaping the future of compiler technology and CPU architecture
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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