Senior Compiler Engineer
Intel5 Locations$174k – $245kPosted 7 April 2026
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Job Description:
About the Team The Compiler Engineering team in Software and AI Group at Intel has an opportunity available for a Senior Compiler Engineer.
The Intel Compiler Engineering Team is a high performing team responsible for the creation of the industry-leading Intel C/C/DPC and Fortran Compilers, and is a leader in LLVM.org, the basis of our compiler products. We are continually pushing the boundaries of compiler technology in support of providing maximally useful and performant compilers for all of Intel's processor platforms, both CPU and GPUs.
Position Overview In this role you will help us to provide strong support for the Intel Compiler products going forward: you will be responsible for analysis of applications and benchmarks, as well as definition, design, development, test, debugging, release, enhancement, and maintenance of software compiler tools for general purpose and domain specific programming languages targeting Intel CPUs. You may work directly with hardware design teams, other companies and open source communities developing compilers, and participate in programming language and standards groups.
Key Responsibilities Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
• Feature development and resolving of compiler software defects
• Discovering opportunities to improve performance of compiler generated code
• Carrying out functional and performance experiments, tests, including stress tests
• Cross-geo collaboration with engineering, validation and performance teams across Intel to ensure product quality and performance
You should demonstrate:
• Strong problem-solving and, ability to pro-actively pursue solutions
• Proven ability to work independently
Qualifications:
Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Informatics or a related technical discipline
5 years of experience in C/C, object-oriented programming, data structures and development of production-quality compilers, tools, or similar software
The years of experience must include:
Proven understanding of compiler architecture
Experience in software optimizations for CPU performance
Debugging skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree and 4 years of experience or PhD 2 years of experience in Computer Science or Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or related field
Experience with vectorization and parallel programming models, such as OpenMP
Experience in the following areas: compiler development for CPU targets (LLVM compiler framework), linkers, assembler
Experience in compiler optimizations and code generation for efficient CPU HW performance, and CPU architecture knowledge
Experience in performance analysis using profiler tools (e.g. perf and/or others)
Job Type:
Experienced Hire
Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location:
US, California, Santa Clara
Additional Locations:
US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, California, Folsom, US, Massachusetts, Beaver Brook, US, Oregon, Hillsboro
Business group:
The Software Team drives customer value by enabling differentiated experiences through leadership AI technologies and foundational software stacks, products, and services. The group is responsible for developing the holistic strategy for client and data center software in collaboration with OSVs, ISVs, developers, partners and OEMs. The group delivers specialized NPU IP to enable the AI PC and GPU IP to support all of Intel's market segments. The group also has HW and SW engineering experts responsible for delivering IP, SOCs, runtimes, and platforms to support the CPU and GPU/accelerator roadmap, inclusive of integrated and discrete graphics.
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