Oxide Computer Company · 2 months ago
Operating System and Virtualization Engineer
Emeryville, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$235K/yr - $235K/yrOxide Computer Company is seeking an Operating System and Virtualization Engineer to work on their illumos-based host operating system and Rust-based VMM technologies. The role involves designing and building host system software, contributing to security and resiliency, and collaborating with a team to maintain software in a production-ready state.
Cloud InfrastructureEmbedded SystemsHardwareInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Work with a helpful and experienced team to design, build, and bring up host system software, in-kernel virtualization, and the user-space VMM on current and future Oxide computers
Read and write code in C (for the operating system writ large), in Rust (for Propolis and for some in-kernel components), and/or microprocessor assembly. All the code you write will be open source
Grow and apply your understanding of microprocessors, through deep familiarity with available documentation, interacting directly with real hardware, and producing your own documents where the vendor’s fall short
Contribute to the security and resiliency of the system by designing for failure from the ground up
Participate in a rigorous code review process and help your colleagues maintain our software in a production-ready state at all times
Apply a customer-centric view to the development of new end-to-end features and functions and help realize them across the stack
Contribute to the design of new Oxide hardware and software components elsewhere in the stack
Qualification
Required
Familiar with operating systems or virtualization concepts and comfortable in C, Rust, or other low-level systems languages
Seek the versatility of working from core OS architecture to hardware interface to networking to virtual device development
Enjoy the freedom of blazing your own architectural trails and solving problems from first principles
Are up to the challenge of interfacing with hardware that has missing or inaccurate documentation
Appreciate the hard-won thrill of debugging a knotty problem to root cause
Believe in fully documenting your ideas for both current colleagues and your own future self
Communicate effectively with engineers across a range of disciplines to exchange knowledge and expertise
Preferred
Have previously worked in the guts of operating systems or virtualization technologies such as illumos, KVM, Hyper-V, or related systems
Enjoy reading excellent documentation produced by others
Make the tools you wish you had
Benefits
Premium healthcare
We offer the best medical PPO, dental, and vision plans we can find and cover 100% of premiums for employees and dependents.
Company
Oxide Computer Company
Oxide Computer Company is a maker of server racks for on-premises compute infrastructure.
Founded in 2019
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$378MKey Investors
US Innovative Technology FundEclipse Ventures
2026-01-07Series Unknown· $184M
2025-07-30Series B· $100M
2023-10-26Series A· $44M
Leadership Team
Steve Tuck
Co-Founder and CEO
Jessie Frazelle
Co-Founder
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