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We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Formal Verification to prove the correctness of the Monad implementation. Your work will involve writing machine-checked proofs about real production C++ code, including concurrent features like optimistic execution and novel Monad mechanisms such as reserve balance and optimized page-level storage. You’ll work in Rocq (formerly Coq), using the Iris separation logic framework and the BRiCk formal semantics of C++, building models of our designs and proving the implementation equivalent to them, as a vital member of a small, high-performing team.
Formally verify the highest-risk parts of the Monad implementation, including concurrent and parallel execution logic.
Build and refine Rocq models of system designs, then prove the C++ implementation equivalent to those models, catching design and implementation bugs before they reach main.
Develop specifications and weakest-precondition proofs for production C++ using BRiCk and Iris separation logic.
Strengthen theorem statements and proof automation, and devise approaches that scale verification to a fast-moving codebase.
You have at least 5 years of software engineering experience in C++, much of it building performant systems from scratch – databases, device drivers, embedded systems, or the like.
You have hands-on experience with an interactive theorem prover, ideally Rocq (formerly Rocq), and can write machine-checked proofs about real, running code.
You reason about concurrency and memory with a rigor most engineers never need – and you're drawn to problems where "probably correct" isn't good enough.
You have sharp instincts for software architecture, memory management, and performance profiling.
You hold a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, or have equivalent experience.
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