Senior Hypervisor Engineer
Core
Develop and optimize the KVM hypervisor and QEMU device emulator for a full-stack AI cloud platform, focusing on virtualization performance, security, and resource distribution.
Role type
Senior IC hypervisor engineer (virtualization stack)
Builds
Cloud platform virtualization layer (KVM/QEMU) for AI workloads
Domain
Cloud infrastructure + hardware virtualization
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
C programming, Linux system programming, QEMU/KVM development, x86 architecture internals, low-level security, I/O optimization, resource scheduling
Preferred skills
Linux kernel patching, ARMv8 virtualization, PCI/SCSI/ACPI knowledge, upstream open source collaboration
Technologies
KVM, QEMU, Linux Kernel, x86, ARMv8
Responsibilities
Optimize I/O for emulated disk and network devices, integrate hypervisor with platform storage services, distribute resources between VMs efficiently, improve guest system support, provide low-level security for the hypervisor, fix bugs and monitor upstream projects
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
