About the role#
You will work with researchers and engineers on the Formal Methods team to verify a new low-level, production programming language and compiler. The team provides mentorship and clear milestones while giving you autonomy to explore your work. There are opportunities to publish and open-source your artifacts.
What you'll do#
- Write formal specifications and complex mechanized proofs in Rocq.
- Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of mechanized theorems.
- Propose and validate solutions to technical problems.
- Participate in code reviews and design discussions.
- Anticipate and communicate potential roadblocks.
- Formally articulate, reason about, and verify low-level security, safety, and correctness properties of languages like Rust and C/C++.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in a PhD program in Formal Methods or Programming Languages with experience in Rocq.
- Ability to commit to a full-time term of at least 21 weeks.
- Professional software engineering experience.
- Understanding of type systems and logic systems.
- Ability to read, write, and understand formal programming language specifications and implementations.
- Familiarity with SMT or constraint solving.
- Familiarity with or a willingness to learn Rust and OCaml.
- High level of independence and autonomy.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid, remote internship.
- The term is rolling.
- We do not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
About Formal
Formal builds data privilege access management software. The company automates privilege access at the packet level for engineering teams. Founded in 2020, it operates from offices in San Francisco and Paris. It currently employs 75 people.
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