Platform Engineer, Virtualization and Providers

ORC8R; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

Standard benefits

Job summary

ORC8R is hiring a Platform Engineer in Austin, TX, to build provider integrations and manage bare metal and VM resources. This role sits at the boundary between the control plane and underlying infrastructure and requires strong virtualization experience.

Candidate should have 3+ years in infrastructure systems, Rust proficiency or willingness to learn, and be based in or willing to relocate to Austin. Hybrid work model with in-office days.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience working with infrastructure systems, including virtualization or bare metal provisioning.
• Proficiency in Rust, or strong systems programming experience with a willingness to learn Rust.
• Experience with hypervisors, virtual machine lifecycle management or image based deployment.
• Strong debugging skills for issues that manifest only on physical hardware.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Austin, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain provider integrations that provision bare metal and virtual machine resources
• Develop image baking and cloning workflows to enable fast, consistent node provisioning
• Extend virtualization support to macOS and Windows alongside the existing Linux backend
• Diagnose issues at the boundary between the control plane and physical or virtualized infrastructure
• Produce clear technical documentation for operational and troubleshooting procedures

Skills

Infrastructure systems

Rust

Hypervisors / VM lifecycle

Debugging

Austin relocation

Tools

Apple Virtualization Framework

Cloud Hypervisor

QEMU

Job description

Platform Engineer, Virtualization and Providers

Austin, Texas | Hybrid, three days a week in our Austin office | Full time

The Platform Engineer will build and maintain the provider integrations that supply compute resources to ORC8R, including bare metal, virtual machine and upcoming macOS and Windows backends. This role works at the boundary between the control plane and underlying infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain provider integrations that provision bare metal and virtual machine resources
• Develop image baking and cloning workflows to enable fast, consistent node provisioning
• Extend virtualization support to macOS and Windows alongside the existing Linux backend
• Diagnose issues at the boundary between the control plane and physical or virtualized infrastructure
• Produce clear technical documentation for operational and troubleshooting procedures

Basic Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience working with infrastructure systems, including virtualization or bare metal provisioning
• Proficiency in Rust, or strong systems programming experience with a willingness to learn Rust
• Experience with hypervisors, virtual machine lifecycle management or image based deployment
• Strong debugging skills for issues that manifest only on physical hardware
• Based in or willing to relocate to Austin, Texas

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apple Virtualization Framework, Cloud Hypervisor or QEMU
• Background in network isolation, overlay networking or multi tenant infrastructure
• Experience supporting Windows or macOS build and imaging pipelines

Compensation and Benefits

This role includes a competitive base salary, equity, health coverage and other standard benefits. Compensation will be discussed during the interview process.

About ORC8R

ORC8R operates a compute platform that gives development teams self service access to bare metal servers and virtual machines. The platform manages provisioning, orchestration, network isolation and lifecycle management, so engineering teams can request infrastructure and receive a running node in minutes without manual operations work.

ORC8R is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfer, and termination. Consistent with the City of Austin Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance, we do not inquire about criminal history until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, contact [e-mail] to make a request. Employment with ORC8R is contingent upon successful completion of a background check where permitted by applicable law.