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title: 'LLVM Compiler Engineer at Azul'
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# LLVM Compiler Engineer at Azul

- **Company:** Azul
- **Location:** India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/azul/2284ad7e-c721-42f9-b712-3b0a245fb6ad

## Job description

As the only company focused 100% on Java, Azul is building the Java platform for the modern cloud enterprise. We are reimagining how customers use Java, bringing them the tools and insight they need to deliver faster, more performant, more dependable, and less expensive Java services. Come join one of the most influential members of the Java and OpenJDK community and help influence the future of Java. Falcon is one of the key technologies in Azul Platform Prime. It is a Just-In-Time compiler for Java bytecode based on LLVM that pushes Java performance to the levels never reached before. Azul's compiler team is looking for an LLVM Compiler Engineer interested in helping us improve Falcon even further. In this role you will be working with a distributed but highly collaborative team of compiler experts. You will be creating new features and optimization in Falcon compiler, improving LLVM performance for managed languages, and contributing to open source.

## Minimum Requirements

- Strong C/C++ design and coding skills
- 5+ years of experience developing LLVM compilers, or transferable experience with another compiler
- Strong background in compiler theory and development

Very Nice to Have / Preferred Experience

- Solid experience in developing language runtimes and JIT compilers
- Thorough knowledge of x86_64 and/or ARM64 instruction sets and optimizations
- Performance analysis experience
- Experience with Java, Scala or Kotlin
- PhD in Computer Science, and/or significant research experience

## About Azul

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Azul is the largest company 100% focused on Java and the JVM, providing the world’s most trusted Java platform for cloud and AI-first enterprises.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed; latest funding round: Private Equity Round in November 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2002
- **Founders**: Scott Sellers (CEO, President, Co-Founder) and Gil Tene (CTO, Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industries**: Software Development, Enterprise Java Infrastructure, Cloud Computing
- **Target Customers**: B2B – Enterprise, Fortune 100 companies, financial services, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, and public sector
- **Mission/Purpose**: “To make Azul the heart of every modern cloud enterprise by prioritizing our customers’ success, maintaining our unwavering commitment to innovation and excellence, and advancing Java through community leadership.”

## Products & Services
- **Azul Platform Prime (formerly Zing)**: High-performance, low-latency JVM runtime for mission-critical applications, with advanced garbage collection and diagnostics.
- **Azul Platform Core (formerly Zulu)**: Free, open-source, commercially supported Java build (OpenJDK) for general-purpose workloads.
- **Azul Intelligence Cloud**: Analytics suite that provides insights from production Java runtime data to boost DevOps efficiency.
- **Azul Optimizer Suite**: Tools for tuning and optimizing Java application performance.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 
  - Annual Revenue: $55 million (as of most recent data)
  - Total Funding: $177.7 million across 7 rounds (including recent PE round in Nov 2025)
- **Notable Investors**: Series E (2006) with 5 investors; recent Private Equity round (2025) with 1 investor; earlier rounds include Series C ($36M), Series D ($30M), Series E ($42M). Specific names not fully detailed in available data.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount: 270 employees (+9.9% YoY, +50 people)
  - LinkedIn followers: 48,997 (+50.9% yearly growth)
  - 36% of Fortune 100, 10 of world’s top 10 banks, and brands like BMW, Mastercard, Salesforce, Workday are customers.
  - Offices in 8 global locations; channel partners in 88 countries.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Largest independent Java engineering team** (second only to Oracle) – 100% focused on Java.
- **Deep expertise in JVM and runtime optimization** – proven by customers like top banks and Fortune 100 companies.
- **Commercial open-source model** – combines enterprise-grade support with community-driven innovation.
- **Proprietary technologies** (e.g., C4 garbage collector, purpose-built for low latency).

## Strategic Focus
- **Cloud and AI-first world**: Positioning Java as the core runtime for modern cloud enterprises.
- **Expanding Intelligence Cloud**: Leveraging production runtime data to improve DevOps and application performance.
- **Global reach**: Growing channel partnerships and presence in 14 countries, with remote/hybrid roles to attract top talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Respect, professionalism, innovation, diversity, inclusion, and maniacal focus on customers.” Rated 4.3/5 on employer reviews (78 reviews).
- **Work Model**: Hybrid and remote options available across many roles (e.g., remote in US, Canada, Europe, etc.).
- **Perks**: Company equity, generous parental leave, dental insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), 401(K). Offices in Sunnyvale, Bengaluru, Dallas, Limassol, Prague, Singapore, Sydney, Yerevan.
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on Java, JVM, compilers, and runtime performance – appealing to system-level engineers and open-source contributors.

## Sources
1. [Azul About Page](https://www.azul.com/about/)
2. [Azul Careers Page](https://www.azul.com/careers/)
3. [Azul on LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/azul-systems)
4. [Azul on Built In](https://builtin.com/company/azul)
5. [Azul Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/azul)

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