Job Description

Job Requisition ID #
23WD69046

Position Overview
Join Autodesk\'s Bifrost team, a passionate group of technologists, developing the next-generation visual programming language! Bifrost is JIT compiled while artists perform tasks on interactive workflows in Autodesk\'s digital content creation tools such as Maya. You\'ll be part of the larger Entertainment & Media Solutions team at Autodesk, helping us create & maintain award-winning software for film, TV, visual effects & gaming industries.

We\'re looking for a strong software developer and exceptional teammate who can work in the demanding back-end of a modern compiler. The ideal candidate will possess advanced software architecture skills allowing you to understand end-user requirements and map those into technical requirements in the multiple phases of compilation. You have deep algorithmic knowledge, understand performance characteristics of modern data structures and how to design code for maximal parallel performance. The successful candidate will be working in a distributed team of passionate engineers working in an agile development environment and in close interaction with industry customers in Film & TV production studios.

Responsibilities

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  Develop high quality and efficient code in the context of compiler technology: analysis & optimization passes, language features, code generation, etc.
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  Solve algorithmic problems using state-of-the-art approaches
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  Collaborate on technical design
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  Participate in peer code reviews
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  Write and maintain thorough automated tests critical to ensure stability and reliability of the compiler and code it generates
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  Measure performance characteristics of proposed changes and features through reliable benchmarks
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  Work in a collaborative cross-functional agile team
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  Participate in client feedback meetings as needed

Qualifications

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  M. Sc. in Computer Science specializing in compiler design theory or equivalent experience in compiler technology
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  5+ years of programming experience
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  Exceptional software architecture skills
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  Practical knowledge of Modern C++ (C++11 and above)
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  Particular interest in programming language design
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  Experience with code optimization
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  Impeccable debugging skills
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  Parallel programming experience
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  Comfortable with x86 assembly and llvm IR
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  Deep knowledge of llvm
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  Good understanding of operating systems
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  An uncompromising desire to write clean, performant, beautiful, maintainable code

Preferred qualifications

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  Ph. D. in Computer Science specializing in compiler design theory
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  Functional programming experience
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  Existing contributions to the llvm project
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  Experience with JIT execution environments
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  Experience programming with tbb
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  OpenCL / CUDA experience
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  Knowledge of vfx industry, and typical vfx workflows
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  Familiarity with 3D graphics, image processing or computer vision

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