Small typo fixed below :-) (or does someone know an example of "compiler
development optimization"? :-))

 

Don

 

 

________________________________

From: caml-list-admin@yquem.inria.fr
[mailto:caml-list-admin@yquem.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Don Syme
Sent: 10 February 2005 21:48
To: Caml mailing list
Cc: Alex Reed
Subject: [Caml-list] Contract position in compiler development
available, MSR Cambridge

 

 

Dear OCaml-list,

 

This is a job opportunity for an ML programmer, and may be of particular
interest to those who love compiler development for functional
languages.

 

Thanks

Don

 

 

Contract position in compiler development

Microsoft Research <http://research.microsoft.com/cambridge> ,
Cambridge, UK

 

MSR Cambridge has available a 6 month contract position in applied
language design, optimization and compiler development for work on the
F# project.  F# is a variant of the ML functional programming language
with core subset essentially compatible with the core of the OCaml
language, along with a compiler and tools for the .NET platform and
Visual Studio.  It is specifically designed to facilitate cooperation
between ML code and other .NET languages such as C# and can be
downloaded from http://research.microsoft.com/downloads. F# is also
being used by several projects within Microsoft and Microsoft Research.
More information on F# can be found at
http://research.microsoft.com/projects/fsharp. 

 

We are looking for candidates with some or all of the following
qualifications:

*	MS. or Ph.D. in Computer Science 
*	Strong applied ML or functional programming skills, in Standard
ML, OCaml, F# or Haskell.  Some experience with C++ is also required. 
*	Knowledge of algorithms and techniques from compilers, including
experience with the design and implementation of inference-based type
systems 
*	Good communication and inter-personal skills 
*	Leadership and cross-team collaboration skills, including a
desire to work with Microsoft product teams and external partners in
training them in the use of the language and tools. 
*	2 years of industrial experience, including the ability to
self-manage through the progressive release of stable versions of a
product 
*	A strong desire to ensure that mixed functional/imperative
programming is a viable reality on the .NET platform 
*	Excitement at the potential that the libraries and tools of the
.NET Framework and Visual Studio offer to niche programming languages 

 

This position will be tailored according to the skills of the candidate,
but will include key activities such as the following:  

*         Maintaining the language and runtime infrastructure 

o        Fixing bugs in the F# code base

o        Implementing new features in F#, including the Visual Studio
tools for F#

o        Responding to customer feature requests

o        Improving the performance of programs compiled with F#

*         Technology transfer from Microsoft Research

o        Working with key F# customers within Microsoft Research and the
product divisions

 

The candidate must be willing to work in Cambridge and travel as needed
to the Seattle area and elsewhere. 

 

Applications should be sent to Alex Reed  (alreed@microsoft.com)

 

F# is a contribution by Microsoft Research to ensure that a strong
ML-like symbolic programming language is available in the context of
.NET.  Our group has a good track record of positively influencing the
design and implementation of Microsoft's programming languages and
platforms.  As such this position offers the candidate the chance to
make a major contribution to how future developers write programs and to
the quality of the software that we use, both directly through ML as a
language and indirectly through the research agenda of the academic
community from which it stems.