High Level Synthesis Compiler Engineer (FPGA)

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Salary: $124.1K–$179.7K CAD annually, plus performance-based incentive opportunities.

Company

hirify.global develops FPGA design tools and compiler software for turning RTL and constraints into realizable designs.

What you will do

• Develop and optimize compiler infrastructure for FPGA design flows, including IR lowering, analysis, transformation passes, and QoR-driven optimizations.
• Improve compiler scalability, runtime, memory usage, correctness, and quality of results on large designs.
• Work with customers to understand target applications, workflows, and success criteria, translating them into compiler and implementation-flow improvements.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, pairing, and technical coaching.
• Document compiler behavior, limitations, and workarounds for internal and external audiences.
• Track developments in EDA, compiler, LLVM/MLIR, FPGA design, and relevant standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience building compilers, LLVM/MLIR-based tools, or EDA/FPGA implementation software.
• Strong C++ experience with production systems, performance optimization, multithreading, and large codebases.
• Hands-on experience with LLVM and/or MLIR, including IR design, compiler passes, backends, or integration into a larger compiler or EDA flow.
• Strong digital design and FPGA knowledge, including LUT, FF, BRAM, DSP, clocks, timing, and QoR implications.
• Experience with FPGA or ASIC implementation flows, including synthesis, place-and-route, STA, and constraints, plus strong customer communication and mentoring skills.

Nice to have

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Exposure to simulation, formal verification, debug environments, or high-level design flows such as HLS.
• Experience shipping software used by external customers or large internal user bases.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment on Shift 1 in Canada.
• Performance-based incentive opportunities tied to individual contributions and company success.
• Canadian work experience is not required.
• Artificial intelligence is used to screen, assess, or select applicants.