Staff Cloud Hypervisor Engineer, Compute

Highlights

• Lead architect for next-gen virtualization delivering bare-metal AI performance.
• Eliminate virtualization tax to power massive-scale AI workloads at speed.
• Solve live migration and low-latency challenges for demanding AI workloads.

What they offer

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance

Ideal candidate

A low-level systems builder who thrives on hard performance puzzles and greenfield architecture, motivated by delivering bare-metal speed for AI at massive scale.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in hypervisor internals, kernel development, or low-level systems programming
• Expert-level knowledge of CPU virtualization (Intel VT-x, AMD-V) and memory virtualization (EPT/NPT, HugePages)
• Experience working with specialized AI hardware, including GPUs, InfiniBand/RoCE NICs, and SmartNICs/DPUs
• Mastery of C and C++ required; proficiency in Rust for modern systems programming highly preferred
• Experience with QEMU, KVM, and Linux kernel debugging tools (perf, ftrace, eBPF)
• Deep understanding of VirtIO, vhost-user, and hardware-accelerated I/O paths
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects bridging hardware engineering and cloud control planes