We are seeking an experienced C/C++ Technical Leader with strong low-level systems expertise to drive the evolution of our in‑house programming language, including its compiler and virtual machine. This strategic role combines technical depth, architectural influence, and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a technical team; promote best practices.

• Manage complex projects with a focus on quality, performance, and security.

• Design, maintain, and evolve our in‑house programming language, compiler, and VM.

• Develop and optimise low level components in C/C++.

• Contribute to architecture decisions and internal tooling.

• Support multi-platform build processes and CI/CD pipelines.
  
  Profile

• Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent).

• 8+ years of software development experience.

• Expert in C (preferred) and C++, with strong systems-level knowledge.

• Solid understanding of Linux; Windows is a plus.

• Skilled in memory management, processes, signals, networking.

• Proficient with debugging tools (gdb, valgrind, sanitisers).

• Experience with make, CMake, Jenkins, Git, Agile/Scrum.

• Knowledge of parsing, ASTs, Lex/Bison, and SQL databases.
  
  What you need to do now

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