Azul builds Java runtimes on OpenJDK, with a compiler stack spanning C++, LLVM and its Falcon JIT, plus Rust and Kotlin in the mix. Hiring is sales-heavy and almost entirely senior, focused on cross-selling Prime into existing Platform Core accounts and building partner channels in Germany and Australia. Engineering effort centers on GC pause behavior, JIT optimization and resource efficiency, while RAG adoption hints at early AI agent work.
Azul, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is a privately held company of 201–500 employees focused solely on Java. It provides certified, supported OpenJDK builds and a high-performance JVM line, Azul Prime, aimed at low-latency and scalable Java workloads, including runtimes for Apache Cassandra. Its customers are enterprises running large Java estates. The go-to-market runs on Salesforce, Marketo, 6sense and Salesloft, and the company hires across the United States, Canada, Germany, Serbia, Cyprus, India and Australia.
Azul works with Java, OpenJDK, C++, LLVM, Rust, Kotlin, Scala and Python, runs on AWS and GCP with Kafka and Cassandra, and uses Salesforce, Marketo, 6sense and Salesloft for sales and marketing.
Yes. Sales is the largest hiring area, followed by engineering, with roles skewing heavily senior and focused on Prime customer acquisition, cross-selling and partner development.
Azul is hiring in the United States, Canada, Germany, Serbia, Cyprus, India and Australia, with partner channel expansion noted in Germany and Australia.
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