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Staff Engineer, KernelCare (worldwide remote)

Other • Senior • Remote • Full-time Portugal Portugal

TuxCare is looking for a hands-on Staff Engineer to join the KernelCare team, combining deep technical execution with technical product ownership to build reliable pipelines and automation for Linux live patching.

Stack

Responsibilities

  • Own major product components and workstreams from discovery and planning to production release
  • Work directly with engineering, product and sales stakeholders to gather requirements
  • Translate broad or unclear product goals into technical plans, milestones and tasks
  • Design scalable system architecture and make technical decisions
  • Build, review and maintain production-grade components end-to-end
  • Take responsibility for delivered components in production
  • Track progress and communicate results, blockers, risks and dependencies
  • Research relevant technologies, tools and competitor solutions
  • Contribute to engineering quality through design reviews and mentorship

Requirements

  • Proven experience owning major projects or workstreams end-to-end
  • Strong backend engineering experience in Python
  • Comfortable reading and reviewing C code
  • Strong hands-on Linux background
  • Strong system design and architectural thinking
  • Experience gathering and refining requirements into technical plans and deliverables
  • Strong technical product ownership skills

Soft skills

Ability to operate independently with unclear requirementsCuriosity, adaptability and interest in cybersecurityProactive, self-driven approach without waiting for direction

About the company

TuxCare offers a comprehensive portfolio of security solutions for Linux and open-source software for enterprise organizations, including KernelCare, which provides automated live patching for Linux kernels without reboots.

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