# Senior Compiler Engineer C++/LLVM - Gent

Summary We are looking for an experienced compiler engineer with a strong interest in software security to join our team working on iXGuard. Our LLVM-based software protection product focuses on hardening iOS applications against both static analysis and dynamic tampering. The ideal candidate thrives on designing and executing new ideas for our next code hardening layer to counter reverse engineering techniques and runtime hooking. You make excellent use of the available flexibility in our team to test those ideas and experiment further. The person we are looking to hire strategically prioritizes tasks and actively improves our codebase. He or she is a disciplined and independent worker who takes pride in his or her work. Responsibilities Maintain and improve our existing code base. Research, test and implement additional code hardening techniques. Support customers in the usage of our software. Continuously improve the code quality through extensive testing. Stay up-to-date with reverse engineering practices. Profile Master's degree in Computer Science. +5 years of experience in a similar role. Excellent modern C++ skills. Previous experience working with complex code bases. Exp

- **Id**: 943751
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/guardsquare-senior-compiler-engineer-cllvm-gent>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ghent, Belgium
- **Countries**: BE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-15T13:48:56Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-15
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T01:04:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 55
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3203
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Application Security

## Company

- **Id**: 54427
- **Name**: Guardsquare
- **Domain**: guardsquare.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/guardsquare>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 67
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0.556
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **LLVM** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 55

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Belgium** — Iso: BE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-15T19:42:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 20
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.439
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 54
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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