Kernel Engineer - Firecracker Open-Source VM Platform

Amazon Inc.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited in Madrid, ES is seeking a Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer for Firecracker. You will own low-level systems work, contribute to open source, and help build secure, multi-tenant container services with serverless models.

The role includes on-call responsibilities roughly every eight weeks, with a strong emphasis on reliability and team collaboration within AWS Lambda and related services. A diverse, inclusive culture is emphasized."

Qualifications

• Experience (non-internship) in professional software development.
• Proficiency with Linux and associated tools.
• Interest and experience in low-level software engineering or systems programming.
• Passionate about open source communities.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and engineer new features to meet them.
• Own and automate operations for Firecracker and related platforms.
• Contribute new ideas to improve quality and development efficiency.
• Maintain and contribute to the Firecracker open source project.

Skills

Professional software development

Linux proficiency

Low-level software engineering

Open source contribution

Job description

Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited in Madrid, ES is seeking a Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer for Firecracker. You will own low-level systems work, contribute to open source, and help build secure, multi-tenant container services with serverless models.

The role includes on-call responsibilities roughly every eight weeks, with a strong emphasis on reliability and team collaboration within AWS Lambda and related services. A diverse, inclusive culture is emphasized."