Mercor is hiring: [Hiring] Compiler Engineer @Mercor in Germany

Overview

Sep 30, 2025 - Mercor is hiring a remote Compiler Engineer. Salary: $10.5 - $10.5 USD hourly. Location: India.

Role Description

This role involves extending compiler frontends, IR passes, and backends to unlock new language features and improve performance across architectures. You’ll deep-dive into code generation, vectorization, and link-time optimizations, ensuring that complex systems run efficiently and reliably.

Qualifications

• Strong background in computer science, systems programming, or compiler engineering
• Proficient in C and C++, with hands-on experience in compiler development
• Skilled in frameworks like LLVM/Clang, GCC, and MLIR
• Understanding of IR transformations, codegen, vectorization, and LTO
• Comfortable with build systems (Make, CMake) and debugging tools (ASAN/UBSAN, GDB, Valgrind)
• Care deeply about performance, correctness, and reliability at the systems level
• Curious about how compiler technology accelerates AI, scientific computing, and large-scale applications

Requirements

• Design and implement new compiler features and optimizations across frontends, IR, and backends
• Optimize code generation, vectorization, and link-time execution across architectures
• Debug and validate compiler pipelines using ASAN/UBSAN, GDB, and Valgrind
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to adapt compilers for AI and high-performance workloads
• Maintain build systems and workflows with Make/CMake
• Ensure that compiler optimizations balance performance, correctness, and maintainability

Benefits

• Classified as an hourly contractor to Mercor
• Paid weekly via Stripe Connect, based on hours logged
• Part-time (20–30 hrs/week) with flexible hours—work from anywhere, on your schedule
• Weekly Bonus of $500–$1000 USD per 5 tasks
• Remote and flexible working style