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Research Engineer - Formal Methods

Code Metal · Boston Hub · Remote

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About Code Metal

Code Metal: Verifiable, AI-enabled code translation. For companies doing edge development, code portability, and code modernization across industries like automotive, defense, semiconductors, and aerospace. Speed time-to-market, meet safety and compliance... Backed by Accel.

About the role

Code Metal is seeking a Research Engineer specializing in Formal Methods to join our team. In this role, you will work at the intersection of theory and practice, applying, implementing, and integrating testing and verification tools into Code Metal products. You will collaborate closely with researchers and engineers to embed formal methods techniques into Code Metal workflows, driving innovation at the intersection of formal methods and artificial intelligence research.

What they're looking for

  • Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field, with a focus on software engineering, formal methods, and programming languages
  • Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++, or Rust
  • Demonstrated proficiency in core software development practices, including: version control, code review, testing, continuous integration, build systems, and release pipelines
  • Combination of strong software engineering skills with a solid background in formal methods to build robust and maintainable systems
  • Familiarity with interactive and automated theorem provers (e.g., PVS, Coq, Lean, SMT solvers), static analyzers (e.g., Frama-C, Infer, Polyspace), and property-based testing libraries (e.g., QuickCheck, Hypothesis) is a strong plus
  • Expertise in one or more of the following areas: theorem proving, SMT solving, program synthesis, and static analysis
More about this role

Code Metal is the leader in automated software engineering you can trust. As AI writes more of the world's code, the bottleneck in software has shifted from writing code to verifying it works, and AI cannot verify its own work with certainty. Code Metal takes a fundamentally different approach: constrain AI to what it does reliably, verify every step independently of the model using formal methods, and keep engineers in the loop on the decisions that matter. The result isn't code that probably works — it's code that is provably correct, with auditable proof. Customers including the U.S. Air Force, L3Harris, RTX, and Toshiba use Code Metal to modernize legacy code, optimize performance on real hardware, and move prototypes to production, fast. Founded in 2023 with offices in Boston and San Francisco, Code Metal is funded by Accel, Salesforce Ventures, B Capital, Smith Point Capital, J2 Ventures, Shield Capital, Overmatch, RTX, and others.

Learn more at codemetal.ai .

Code Metal is seeking a Research Engineer specializing in Formal Methods to join our team. In this role, you will work at the intersection of theory and practice, applying, implementing, and integrating testing and...

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