Location: LATAM (Any country, 100% Remote) Employment Type: Independent Contractor (Long-term) Schedule: US Timezones (PST or CST overlap required)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly specialized Compiler Engineer to join a long-term project working directly with US-based engineering teams. In this role, you will work at the intersection of high-level frameworks and specialized hardware targets. You will be responsible for building, optimizing, and transforming IRs, writing custom optimization passes, and driving compiler pipeline performance.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, build, and maintain compiler infrastructure using MLIR and/or LLVM.
- Implement lowering pipelines, compiler/graph transformations, and specialized optimization passes.
- Target dynamic hardware platforms (GPUs, TPUs, FPGAs, CGRAs, DSPs, or AI ASICs) by optimizing memory hierarchy utilization, scheduling, and data movement.
- Collaborate daily in English with US engineering leads and client teams to architecture compiler features and address performance bottlenecks.

Requirements

- English Proficiency: C1 or higher (fluent spoken and written English required for daily direct interaction with US teams).
- Core Expertise: Proven,



hands‑on experience as a genuine Compiler Engineer.
- Frameworks: Strong background working with MLIR and/or LLVM infrastructure.
- Programming: Advanced C++ proficiency in systems‑level/high‑performance contexts.
- Optimization & Targets: Hands‑on expertise in optimizing compilers targeted at specific hardware (GPU, TPU, FPGA, CGRA, DSP, or AI ASICs).
- Technical Concepts: Demonstrated experience with: Intermediate Representations (IRs) Lowering strategies and graph transformations Optimization passes and instruction/task scheduling Memory hierarchy management and data movement optimization.

Important Note on Profile Fit: Candidates coming strictly from Data Science, Applied ML, MLOps, general Backend/C++, FPGA/RTL design, or CUDA/kernel development will not be considered unless they possess concrete, hands‑on experience in compiler engineering.

Interview Process

- Initial Screening: Recruiter interview with the Applica team.
- Technical Validation: Technical assessment focused on compiler fundamentals, MLIR/LLVM, and C++.
- Client Interview: Final technical and team‑fit evaluation with the US client.

📌 Senior Compiler Engineer (Buenos Aires)
🏢 Werben Hr
📍 Buenos Aires