Azul
Azul provides commercial Java runtimes and support based on OpenJDK for enterprises running large-scale applications. Its offerings include Zulu builds of OpenJDK, the performance-focused Azul Platform Prime (formerly Zing), monitoring/security services, and long‑term support subscriptions. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Azul is privately held under Thoma Bravo ownership and serves organizations across finance, telecom, e‑commerce, and other Java‑intensive industries.
Open Positions at Azul
8 open positions
Lead the performance strategy and technical direction for Falcon, Azul’s production JIT compiler, driving major optimization and code-generation improvements. Partner with compiler, runtime, garbage collection, and product teams while advancing compiler capabilities across hardware platforms.
Own and advance Falcon, Azul’s production JIT compiler, by designing compiler optimizations that deliver measurable performance improvements on real-world workloads. This senior role focuses on compiler middle-end and back-end performance across x86_64 and AArch64.
Improve Azul’s production JIT compiler so Java applications generate faster machine code across real-world workloads. This performance-focused role works deep in compiler optimization, code generation, and LLVM.
Lead the performance evolution of Azul’s Falcon JIT compiler, designing and implementing optimizations that produce faster Java applications across modern hardware. This senior technical role combines compiler architecture, performance analysis, customer issue investigation, and mentorship.
Senior Software Engineer building high-performance backend and server-side systems for the Optimizer Hub. The role focuses on JVM internals, distributed systems, concurrency, low-latency design, and production performance optimization.
Join Azul’s compiler team to advance Falcon, a high-performance LLVM-based JIT compiler for Java. You’ll build compiler optimizations, improve managed-language performance, and contribute to open source.
Join Azul’s team as a Senior Software Engineer developing and optimizing Azul Prime, an enhanced OpenJDK JVM focused on application performance, responsiveness, and efficiency. You will work on low-level C++ runtime components, garbage collection, compiler runtime, distributed communication, debugging, and performance analysis.
Technical Account Manager leading hands-on adoption, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production optimization of Azul Prime for strategic enterprise customers. The role partners closely with customer engineering teams and Azul’s runtime, compiler, GC, and tooling organizations.