Senior Platform Software Engineer, High-Performance Linux

Acquire Me; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Acquire Me is seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to help build the core software infrastructure for a high-performance computing environment. The role focuses on near-OS design, reliability, scalability and low-latency optimisations for production systems.

You will design and optimise platform software, work on Linux-based systems, and collaborate with OS, networking and infrastructure teams to remove bottlenecks and push performance limits.

Qualifications

• Expert level C++ programming skills.
• Experience developing platform software or systems infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems programming.
• Experience with multithreading, concurrency and performance optimisation.
• Excellent understanding of CPU architecture, memory hierarchy and modern computer systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop core platform software and infrastructure.
• Build scalable, high performance systems running on Linux.
• Optimise software for latency, throughput and resource efficiency.
• Work closely with operating system, networking and infrastructure components.
• Investigate and resolve complex performance bottlenecks across production systems.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of core platform architecture.

Skills

C++

Rust/C

Linux

Multithreading

Performance

Education

Bachelor's in CS/CE

Job description

Acquire Me is seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to help build the core software infrastructure for a high-performance computing environment. The role focuses on near-OS design, reliability, scalability and low-latency optimisations for production systems.

You will design and optimise platform software, work on Linux-based systems, and collaborate with OS, networking and infrastructure teams to remove bottlenecks and push performance limits.