Remote Senior Software Optimization Engineer

Description:

• Irreducible is seeking a talented Senior Software Optimization Engineer to join their systems software team.
• The role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing the software stack that integrates FPGA accelerators into cryptographic application code.
• Responsibilities include optimal management of memory and compute resources, detailed performance profiling, and modification and instrumentation of cryptography code.
• The engineer will collaborate closely with FPGA and cryptography engineers to co-design hardware-software interfaces and with infrastructure engineers to develop and deploy software to Irreducible’s bare metal server cluster.
• The company operates globally across multiple time zones, with a preference for candidates in GMT+2 (Berlin time).

Requirements:

• Candidates must have expertise and proven experience in performance optimization in Rust, C++, or C.
• The ability to efficiently benchmark, tune, and optimize non-trivial multi-threaded software is required.
• Applicants should be capable of optimizing across layers of abstraction, including algorithms, concurrency, scheduling, operating system (Linux) performance tweaking, and managing large data and memory constraints.
• Bonus qualifications include an aptitude for math and computer algorithms, understanding of cryptographic proof systems and zero-knowledge cryptography, and experience in modifying and contributing to open-source codebases, implementing high-performance software and distributed systems, programming embedded processors and Linux kernel modules/drivers, programming GPUs or FPGAs, and implementing low-level cryptographic primitives.

Benefits:

• Irreducible is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where talented individuals can thrive and grow.
• The company values different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, encouraging applicants who may not meet 100% of the necessary qualifications to apply.
• Employees have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in a high-performance cryptography startup environment.