Senior C++ Engineer - Prime team (Czechia)

Millions of Java developers and the world’s top businesses trust Azul to power their applications. We are growing fast and need determined, innovative and energetic contributors who want to make an impact today! 

At Azul we emphasize empowerment, enablement and collaboration designed to foster speed of decision making and creative approaches to driving customer value. We are distributed across the world and offer the flexibility of working from home as well as the structure of an office environment that focuses on employee wellness and opportunities for professional growth.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior C++ Engineer to join our Azul Platform Prime engineering team. In this role you will work on the development and optimization of high-performance, low-level software for VM runtime with focus on developing and maintaining tools required to profile, debug and optimize virtual machine (VM).

What you'll do

• Design, develop, maintain and optimize high-performance, low-level C++ code for system-critical components of JVM runtime that ensure minimal overhead and maximum efficiency in code execution.
• Design and implement features in domains of cross-thread coordination, JVM runtime, stack management, object locking, garbage collection etc. to improve application metrics and JVM efficiency
• Perform detailed debugging and analysis of software issues, including work complex customer problems of Azul Prime Virtual Machine based on limited set of available data, driving them to solutions
• Develop tests to demonstrate improvement. Participate code reviews

We are looking for a person who has

• Strong proficiency in C++ with in-depth experience in writing low-level, high-performance code - 5-7 years of experience.
• Strong proficiency in parallel programming and concurrency
• Experience in designing multi-threaded algorithms
• Experience with tools like debuggers, profilers, and performance analyzers and skills of using them for solving complex problems.
• Solid experience with low-level programming concepts such as memory management, pointers, concurrency and multi-threading.
• Knowledge of the design and implementation of VMs and language runtimes. Familiarity with JVM internals is a strong plus.
• Understanding of hardware architectures such as x86 and ARM and internals of operating systems such as Linux and Mac OS
• MS/BS degree in Computer Science or a related field.

We offer

• Equity Program - be part of the company success.
• Annual bonus based on company performance.
• Referral Program - bring your colleague we would all love to work with.
• IT Equipment - MacBook Pro or any other HW according to your preferences.
• Work-life balance - 5 weeks of holidays, 5 sick days, flexible working hours, 100% work from home also possible.
• Offices in Prague City Centre - if you prefer.
• Most importantly you will work with top experts worldwide who contribute to the Java ecosystem.