Qualcomm is seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer to lead the development of LLVM-Ripple, a compiler toolchain for Snapdragon platforms. The role focuses on enhancing the programming experience for massively parallel applications by optimizing compiler components and parallel runtimes. The engineer will collaborate with architecture teams and application developers to evolve the Ripple programming model and improve performance portability. This position requires deep expertise in compiler internals and parallel programming models.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of software engineering experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years of experience, or a PhD with 3+ years of experience.
• Strong experience with LLVM development, including IR transformations, back-end targets, code generation, or compiler toolchain design.
• Expertise in parallel programming models such as CUDA, OpenCL, OpenMP, SIMD/SIMT programming, or GPU programming models.
• Proficiency with C/C++ and modern compiler engineering practices.
• Experience with runtime systems, concurrency, or parallel execution models.
• Strong debugging, performance analysis, and optimization skills.

• Lead design and development of LLVM-Ripple compiler components, including front-end extensions, middle-end optimizations, back-end code generation, and tooling support.
• Architect and implement improvements to parallel runtimes, including scheduling, memory models, synchronization, and heterogeneous workloads targeting Snapdragon processors.
• Define and evolve programming abstractions to improve developer experience for highly parallel and heterogeneous applications.
• Collaborate with hardware architecture teams to model and expose new parallel features, SIMD/SIMT execution models, and accelerator capabilities through compiler and runtime interfaces.
• Drive performance analysis, benchmarking, and optimization across the full Ripple ecosystem: compiler, runtime, libraries, and application workloads.
• Deliver high-quality, maintainable code and documentation; contribute upstream to LLVM and Ripple where appropriate.
• Provide technical mentorship, code reviews, and guidance to junior engineers.
• Work cross-functionally with internal customers to enable new use cases, improve toolchain reliability, and enhance developer workflows.

• Qualcomm offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, stock programs, comprehensive healthcare coverage, retirement plans, wellness programs, parental leave, flexible work options, and professional development opportunities.