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Top SchoolSjoerd Meijer is a CPU compiler engineer with 11 years of experience optimizing compilers and bringing measurable performance and code-size wins to production toolchains. Currently at NVIDIA and previously a team lead at Arm Research, he has deep LLVM expertise—contributing AArch64/ARM backend improvements, FP16/Float16 support in Clang, and M-profile Vector Extension work presented at LLVM venues. He combines hands-on implementation of loop and function passes with people leadership and product delivery under tight timelines. His background ranges from MPSoC compilation research (PhD) to shader and runtime performance analysis, giving him a rare blend of academic rigor and production-grade optimization know-how. Notably, he remains an active individual contributor to open-source LLVM while driving proprietary compiler advances inside major silicon and GPU companies.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master (drs), Computer Science, Master (drs), Computer Science at Leiden University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University
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