About the Team
We build foundational platform software that enables reliable, secure, and performant products. The team works across system layers and partners closely with adjacent engineering groups to deliver robust capabilities from concept through launch.
About the Role
We’re seeking a System Software Engineer to design, implement, and debug core platform components and the pipelines that build and update system images. You’ll work across operating system layers, focusing on performance, security, and deep system debugging to ship production‑grade systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and debug system‑level components and services across kernel and user space.
- Configure and maintain OS platform services (init, services, networking, security policies) and related tooling.
- Build and operate image and update pipelines, ensuring reliability, reproducibility, and rollback safety.
- Instrument and analyze performance using profiling and tracing; optimize CPU, memory, I/O, and power usage.
- Own platform observability and reliability: logging, crash capture, watchdogs, and diagnostics.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define interfaces and deliver end‑to‑end features.
- Establish strong engineering practices: code review, CI, reproducible builds, and release management.
- Partner with external suppliers to support builds and deployments.
Requirements
- Shipped production systems software on modern operating systems.
- Proficiency in C/C++ and a scripting language, and comfort with OS internals (concurrency, memory management, filesystems, networking, power management).
- Strong systems debugging skills using debuggers, tracers, profilers, and logs across kernel/user‑space boundaries.
- Understanding of configuration of platform services and interfaces, and ability to translate requirements into stable, well‑documented APIs.
- Fluency in user‑space foundations (service management, IPC, networking, packaging, automation).
- Experience building platform images and designing update mechanisms for reliability and security.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to platform security (secure boot, sandboxing, mandatory access controls, attestation).
- Experience with graphics/media, hardware acceleration, or high‑throughput data paths.
- Familiarity with connectivity stacks and network configuration.
- Observability and diagnostics in distributed or resource‑constrained environments.
- Work on open‑source platforms or contributions to systems projects.
Conditions
- Hybrid work model: 4 days onsite/week.
- Relocation assistance available.