Software Engineer, Compute and Isolation
Core
Build the microVM layer for AI agent sandboxes, managing lifecycle, isolation, and performance on bare-metal servers.
Role type
Senior IC systems engineer (virtualization)
Builds
MicroVM sandboxes for AI agents
Domain
Cloud infrastructure / Virtualization
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
KVM, Firecracker, Cloud Hypervisor, QEMU, Linux internals, Rust, Go, systems programming, performance debugging
Preferred skills
Xen, container runtimes, VM snapshot/restore, bare-metal tuning, eBPF
Technologies
KVM, Firecracker, Cloud Hypervisor, QEMU, Rust, Go, Linux, Xen, containerd, runc, gVisor, Kata Containers, eBPF, perf, ftrace
Responsibilities
Own microVM lifecycle (start, stop, suspend, resume, snapshot, fork), build and tune custom guest kernels, tune host CPU/memory configuration, manage host-level resources and sandbox density, own guest/host identity and virtual devices, design multi-tenant isolation, debug virtualization issues at scale, contribute to open-source projects
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
