Senior Compiler Engineer

Quarkslab is a French company specializing in information security R&D, consulting and software development. Our expertise is in combining offensive and defensive security to help organizations adopt a new security posture: Force the attackers, not the defender, to adapt constantly. Through our consulting services as well as our software we provide tailored solutions to organizations, helping them to protect their assets, sensitive data, and users against increasingly sophisticated attacks.

Quarkslab is an avid and active user of, and contributor to, Open Source Software and develops and maintains state-of-the-art security tools such as LIEF , QBDI, Triton, Irma, and several other projects.

We develop two commercial software products: QFlow, a platform to automate and orchestrate security analysis of files at scale, and QShield, advanced code and data protection software to disrupt code lifting, reverse engineering and tampering attacks.

The QShield team is looking for a senior compilation engineer, primarily to drive the development of their C/C++ and Java application protection solutions, but also the integration with other tools.

These tools target and run on different environments (as Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS) and architectures, such as x86_64 and arm. The QShield obfuscator is built on top of LLVM, in modern C++.

You will lead the design, implementation and tests of the new protections and product features, you will maintain the tools as the targeted environments, the architecture and also LLVM itself, which is the first adversary of QShield protections. You will have to achieve acceptable performance, and of course be up to date on the evolution of reverse engineering tools!

If you like compilation, technical challenges, if you are curious about security, and you are enthusiastic about leading and working with other high skilled people, you will love this job!

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate to the development and maintenance of QShield C/C++ and Java code obfuscators in collaboration with the team
• Ensure the quality of the delivered product in terms of security, performance and code size
• Communicate your developments to the rest of the team.

Who you are
Hard skills:

• Very good level in C++ 11 or higher
• Significant experience in developing compilers
• Knowledgeable in git & CMake
• Knowledgeable in Python
• Spoken English

Soft skills:

• Team communication, mentoring
• Understanding of requirements and roadmap

Nice to have:

• Experience in LLVM, especially middle-end (IR)
• Knowledgeable in code obfuscation, reverse engineering
• Experience with the Gitlab platform (ticketing, boards, iterations, CI)

What is QShield?
At Quarkslab we develop QShield, a software for application protection. Our solutions include a tool to protect Java/Kotlin programs and a C/C++ code-obfuscator based on LLVM, a white-box cryptography library, a RASP framework, a digital vault and remote attestation solutions. All these components help to increase the security of applications and firmware/middleware to protect IP, APIs, secrets and every sensitive information used or provided by software.

Why work at Quarkslab?
Work with an amazing team, eager to learn and play with new approaches and technologies, mixing various skills (security, compilation, program analysis, reverse engineering, software engineering). International environment with offices in Paris and Buenos Aires (team croissants vs. team asado), representations in Tokyo and Singapore.

• Attend conferences in your field, learn from many internal events (weekly conference, trainings, research activities).
• Contribute and support Open Source Software: Our own tools and other people’s projects.
• Flexible work hours, work from home.
• Premium health insurance.

Our recruitment process:

1. Call with our talent acquisition manager.
2. Video call with the Hiring Manager.
3. Do a short programming challenge
4. Interview with C-Level, QAS business unit and HR Manager at Quarkslab’s Office (or remote due to Covid).
5. HR debrief and job offer.

Quarkslab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.