Transpilation/Compiler Software Specialist

Job Description Summary

The Transpilation/Compiler Software Specialist at Rocket Software is responsible for designing, developing, troubleshooting, and debugging software tools, including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools. This role also involves setting the direction for the design and implementation of software features, functionality enhancements, and the correction of defects. Additionally, the specialist will create new products and determine software’s compatibility with hardware, influencing software's design in relation to hardware.

Position Reports to

This position reports directly to the Manager of Software Engineering.

Job Overview

As a Transpilation/Compiler Software Specialist, you will take ownership of the design and development of features within your component. You will review and provide feedback on designs, recognize and practically solve for anti-patterns, and define components that fit into an architecture. You will also describe and defend design decisions for components owned by the team and optimize software design to leverage platform capabilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review and provide feedback on designs.
• Take ownership of the design and development of features within their component.
• Recognize and practically solve for anti-patterns.
• Good understanding of how his/her work aligns with high-level use cases and team deliverables.
• Define components that fit into an architecture.
• Describe and defend design decisions for components owned by the team.
• Optimize software design to leverage platform capabilities.
• Act as the technical subject matter expert for a product domain.
• Quantify and communicate work estimates and risks to direct management.
• Handle multiple competing priorities with minimal help.
• Understand features as a whole and able to break down larger stories and features into tasks.
• Familiar with most of the technologies we focus on and what markets they target.
• Takes ownership of customer issues and effectively communicate with Support/SEs to resolve field questions/issues.
• Discuss with customers what larger concerns and problems they are trying to solve, over and above the immediate technical concerns.
• Willingness to teach and grow junior team members.
• Excellent listening skills.
• Effectively works within the team and across teams.
• Ensures all tasks are completed thoroughly and that any work done is tested, unit tested, documented, and ready for customers.
• Takes identified problems and concerns and create a plan to fix the problem and prevent it from occurring again.
• Follows through on all tasks.
• Reliably delivers expected work products and outcomes.
• Imparts a sense of urgency on junior team members.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Mastery of data structures and algorithms.
• Able to select data structures and algorithms to solve technical problems.
• Able to write high-quality code rapidly.
• Able to present a track record of solving problems of increasing complexity.
• Good understanding of trade-offs in solving problems that have variable levels of complexity.
• Able to understand and extend a robust transpiler that converts legacy computer languages to modern languages.
• Willing to collaborate with other developers and stakeholders to understand specific legacy functionalities and their intended outcomes in the new system.
• Able to analyze the source language's features, syntax, and semantics to ensure accurate and functional translation into TypeScript.
• Proven experience in building compilers or transpilers, particularly for high-level programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong foundation in computer science with an emphasis on programming languages, compiler construction, and software architecture.
• Technical understanding of TypeScript, OCaml or other languages with rich type systems and type inference.
• Experience with the legacy enterprise languages.
• Active participation in language implementation community, including contribution to open source projects.

Education

• Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Travel Requirements

• 0-10%

What Rocket Software can offer you in USA

• Extensive paid time off programs (paid holidays, sick, and unlimited vacation time).
• Healthcare coverage options to fit you (and your family’s) needs.
• Retirement savings, with matching contributions by Rocket Software.
• Life and disability coverage.
• Leadership and skills training opportunities.

EOE M/F/Vet/Disability

Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to people@rocketsoftware.com. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!