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As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build scalable backend systems, develop core services in Golang, and influence the engineering direction at Kong.
Senior Systems Engineer
📅 Nov 14, 2025
LinuxLinux KernelNetworkingDocker
📜 Description
- Develop and maintain umbrelOS core components for performance, stability, and security across hardware architectures.
- Ensure umbrelOS integrates and performs optimally on Umbrel Home.
- Design and implement system-level enhancements.
- Test and debug at the kernel level to address system updates and compatibility issues.
🛠️ Requirements
- Strong understanding of Linux systems, particularly at the kernel level.
- Knowledge of networking and Docker.
- Ability to optimize systems for x86 and ARM64 architectures.
- Able to independently solve engineering challenges and communicate clearly and frequently.
- Comfortable working as a generalist, learning unfamiliar areas, and using sound judgment about when to ship.
Full job description
This role requires a strong understanding of Linux systems, particularly at the kernel level, networking, Docker, and the ability to optimize for both x86 and ARM64 architectures.
In this role, you will:
Develop and maintain the core components of umbrelOS, focusing on performance, stability, and security across different hardware architectures.
Ensure optimal integration and performance of umbrelOS on the Umbrel Home.
Design and implement system-level enhancements.
Conduct rigorous testing and debugging at the kernel level to handle system updates and compatibility issues.
We hope you:
Can autonomously figure out solutions to engineering challenges
Value clear and frequent communication (we do a lot of reading and writing)
Enjoy being a generalist and are not tied down to a specific framework or surface area of our codebase
Are naturally curious and willing to learn something they don’t have experience in
Have good judgement of when to ship: perfect is the enemy of good
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