Sr. Software Engineer Go, Virtualization

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Job Description

About SUSE

At SUSE, we are passionate about Open Source, and we are major contributors to many upstream projects. In our daily work, we value creativity and innovation, while staying focused on delivering business results. Our engineering team is a global team from almost all continents. SUSE has a wide field of advanced technologies and offers developers with an open and curious mind a great opportunity to apply and grow their skills.

Work Location: Home Office where we have legal entity in Europe, Brazil or Mexico, or if you prefer a hybrid or fully on-site we have our offices in Prague (Czech Republic), Sofia (Bulgaria).

Job Description

We are currently looking for a Virtualization Software Engineer (Kubevirt) to develop, maintain and support our SUSE KVM Virtualization stack (KVM hypervisor, linux kernel, kubevirt, libvirt, QEMU, libguestfs),
and more specifically the Kubevirt component, delivering to SUSE Linux Enterprise and SUSE Rancher products.

Your Responsibilities

• Improve the virtualization technology upstream, collaborate in the upstream communities

• Develop and integrate features downstream, contribute to the build process

• Debug our KVM stack in response to bug reports

• Draft and execute simple test plans for features and performance

About You: Are you ready for the world-switch?

• Linux experience in the area of Containers is Required

• Full proficiency with Linux, git and Golang is Required

• Experience in reproducing, analyzing and resolving software bugs is Required

• Existing experience with Kubevirt is of course a Big plus

• Proven track record of working in upstream projects is a Big plus
   

• Knowledge in the area of KVM virtualization is a Plus

• Knowledge of Kubernetes is a Plus

• Experience in one or more CPU architectures is a Plus

• Additional programming languages are good to have
   

• Able to collaborate within a very distributed international team across timezones

• Able to pursue high level goals independently, self-driven and motivated, flexible responding to change

• Fluent in English

What you need to do now

If you’re interested, click Apply now to upload your up-to-date CV in English. A recruiter will contact you if your skills are found to be a match for any current or future open positions. In the meantime, we hope you will continue to review our job openings at SUSE Careers.

No visa sponsorship for relocation available

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