Senior Developer Tools Engineer
A San Francisco venture capital firm and builder community investing in technically rigorous frontier-technology companies.
About Pebblebed
Pebblebed is a venture capital firm, builder community, AI research lab, and event space focused on technically rigorous frontier technology. Its current portfolio emphasizes AI, robotics, developer infrastructure, biotech, and related frontier technologies.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
As the founding member of the Developer Experience team, this role will shape how engineers interact with compiler infrastructure by building developer tools, client-side interfaces, hardware performance introspection capabilities, GPU debugging tools, and debug information formats and protocols.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional systems-level software development experience.
- Strong proficiency in C++ and performance-critical code.
- Working knowledge of assembly language and low-level debugging techniques.
- Familiarity with DWARF, JTAG, ELF, and COFF.
- Understanding of profiling methodologies and performance analysis tools.
- Ability to work on-site at the Toronto or Santa Clara office.
- GPU programming and debugging experience preferred.
- OS-level interface experience, including I/O subsystems and interrupt handling, preferred.
- Compiler development or toolchain infrastructure background preferred.
- Experience building developer-facing tools or IDEs preferred.
- Open-source debugging or profiling tool contributions preferred.
Responsibilities
- Design and build developer tools for profiling, debugging, and performance introspection across the compiler stack.
- Create client-side tooling that transforms server-side compiler telemetry into actionable information.
- Develop interfaces exposing hardware performance metrics and interrupt data.
- Build GPU debugging capabilities and visualization tools for heterogeneous hardware.
- Define formats and protocols for debug information exchange using DWARF, JTAG, ELF, and COFF.
- Collaborate with compiler engineers and internal teams to understand needs and iterate on tooling.
Benefits
- Equity
- Company bonus opportunities
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement savings plan
- Supplemental wellness benefits