Top Remote Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

Build and maintain Python-based automation, services, test infrastructure, and performance analysis tooling for a distributed database system. Collaborate with internal stakeholders, improve developer tooling and reproducible testing, analyze system performance, and create documentation and runbooks. The role requires strong software fundamentals, systems thinking, Linux and CI experience, and the ability to learn new languages and systems quickly.

Owns end-to-end enterprise application architecture for secure, scalable court-record systems. Responsibilities include designing microservices, REST APIs, micro-frontends, cloud and hybrid-cloud solutions, authentication frameworks, workflows, and integrations; leading architectural reviews, code reviews, DevSecOps and CI/CD initiatives; mentoring technical teams; evaluating technologies; and ensuring security, compliance, accessibility, and governance standards.

Lead site reliability engineering for Akamai’s compute infrastructure and services. Develop automation, define reliability requirements and standards, establish SLOs and KPIs, troubleshoot complex distributed-system and hardware issues, manage incidents and postmortems, and participate in on-call rotations. Coordinate engineering teams, support strategic initiatives, mentor engineers, and guide restoration of service-impacting issues.

Lead the strategy, architecture, and operation of Chainguard’s database platform. Build production tooling and automated guardrails; improve replication, high availability, backups, disaster recovery, migrations, capacity planning, and global database resilience. Assess risks across existing systems, establish standards and governance, write production code, and lead cross-functional initiatives across engineering teams. The role requires deep PostgreSQL and MySQL expertise, cloud infrastructure experience, Linux and Go proficiency, and staff-level technical leadership.

Join Azure PostgreSQL to design, implement, and test features in a relational database engine (query processing, logging, storage, IO, scale-out). Collaborate with stakeholders, write maintainable code, define test plans, operate live services (on-call), and contribute to open-source PostgreSQL and Linux.

Build and maintain scalable infrastructure platforms supporting domestic and international workloads. Develop CI/CD, declarative lifecycle management, Kubernetes clusters, monitoring, and automation systems. Troubleshoot infrastructure issues, respond to alerts, minimize downtime, streamline delivery pipelines and database changes, and help guide SRE team direction. Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and technology professionals while promoting a high-performance, cross-functional culture.

Develop, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack enterprise applications in AWS. Build front-end interfaces, backend services, APIs, integrations, and database components; troubleshoot complex technical issues; contribute to architecture and design decisions; support CI/CD and production readiness; conduct code reviews; collaborate across Product, QA, and DevOps; and mentor junior developers.

Leads a remote engineering team building scalable Python and Golang microservices for Canonical’s software distribution marketplaces. Responsibilities include mentoring and developing engineers, managing delivery and expectations, shaping technical strategy and roadmaps, reviewing code, guiding architecture, maintaining engineering quality, and collaborating with product managers, architects, other teams, open-source contributors, and commercial partners.

Lead architecture, development, and delivery of Azure SmartNIC and networking software, including RDMA, virtualization, hardware offloads, and high-performance networking. Collaborate across hardware, firmware, silicon, and cloud teams; improve reliability and performance using telemetry; guide platform strategy; troubleshoot production systems; and provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and incident response.

Develop and maintain infrastructure for rapid software prototyping and deployment across cloud, private cloud, and bare-metal environments. Manage servers and Kubernetes clusters, configure GPU systems for large language models, optimize performance, build monitoring and alerting, and advise on localized data-center deployments. The role also requires software engineering, Linux administration, security awareness, automation, and collaboration across international teams.

Lead architecture and roadmap for Azure PostgreSQL systems; design and review scalable, maintainable database engine features (query processing, storage, transaction logging, recovery, versioning, IO, scale-out). Influence coding standards and run code reviews, write proof-of-concept or production code, contribute to open-source PostgreSQL/Linux, and participate in rotational on-call operations.

Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable cloud compute functionality across ARM64 and x86 platforms. Design hypervisor layers, cross-platform build pipelines, and performance optimization solutions while writing, reviewing, documenting, and testing production software. Coordinate globally to deliver compute features and resolve low-level software issues. Provide technical, organizational, and functional leadership to engineers.

Design and scale ARM64 compute platform infrastructure, hypervisor integrations, instance management, resource orchestration tools, and compute APIs. Develop and maintain low-level services using Python, Go, or compiled systems languages. Collaborate with hardware and global engineering teams, participate in design reviews, debug distributed Linux systems, and mentor junior engineers.

Develop and own compute and GPU server platforms from architecture through global deployment. Responsibilities include schematic and layout reviews, design for manufacturability, new product introduction, board and system bring-up, validation, debugging, firmware and BIOS feature management, technology qualification, and vendor coordination. The role requires hands-on server architecture, board-level design, Linux and scripting expertise, platform validation, and five-day-per-week presence in the Cambridge office.

Lead a 15-person Container Product Engineering team building hardened container images, registry services, build systems, adoption tooling, and compliance features. Own team outcomes, hiring, coaching, roadmap execution, technical quality, delivery, planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Remain hands-on through code and design reviews while guiding AI-native engineering practices. The role partners with product and platform teams and offers a path toward broader Director-level scope.

Designs and maintains scalable AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, Terraform-based IaC, and CI/CD pipelines. Integrates MLOps and DevSecOps practices, automates deployment and system administration, monitors performance and cost, supports incident response, and collaborates with engineering teams to improve platform architecture and reliability.

Design, build, monitor, and maintain large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting distributed S3-compatible object storage across multi-cloud environments. Responsibilities include kernel and storage optimization, network and hardware troubleshooting, automation with Chef or Ansible, observability, forecasting capacity, technical leadership, project coordination, mentoring, documentation, and on-call support.

Designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines, Terraform infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, AWS cloud environments, and GitHub workflows. The role improves developer tooling and SDLC processes, troubleshoots infrastructure and application issues, and implements security, reliability, observability, and performance best practices while collaborating with engineering teams.

Provides day-to-day production support for complex cloud application systems. Responsibilities include outage detection and resolution, system administration, infrastructure maintenance, user support, monitoring, automation, database support, asset inventory, security compliance, documentation, and continuous improvement. The role collaborates with development, operations, security, customers, and management, supports AWS and Azure environments, and participates in on-call production support.

Software Engineer Intern contributing to SingleStore’s distributed SQL database. Responsibilities include developing and testing database features, query processing, storage engines, indexing, distributed systems, concurrency, performance, scalability, and fault tolerance. The role involves code reviews, technical design, debugging, documentation, and collaboration with engineering and product teams.

Software Engineer Intern contributing to cloud-native database services, including workspace lifecycle management, provisioning, scaling, backups, APIs, reliability, observability, testing, and production deployment. The role involves distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, backend development, debugging, code reviews, and collaboration with engineering and product teams.

Develop and operate production-quality cloud software for managing customer workspaces and databases. Responsibilities include building backend services, APIs, automation, provisioning, scaling, upgrades, backups, recovery, observability, and reliability improvements. The role involves writing code, tests, documentation, and technical designs; investigating performance and scalability issues; and collaborating with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams.

Develop and improve SingleStore database engine software, including query execution, optimization, storage, indexing, transactions, and distributed-system components. Write production code, tests, documentation, and technical designs while investigating performance, scalability, and correctness issues. Collaborate with experienced engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams through regular release cycles.

Architect and lead RapidFort’s scalable build platform for producing hardened container images. Responsibilities include designing distributed build systems, automating image creation and validation, improving reliability and performance, solving Linux and container infrastructure challenges, establishing software supply chain standards, influencing cross-team architecture, and mentoring engineers. The role requires deep expertise in Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Bash, CI/CD, distributed systems, and build automation.

Designs, develops, deploys, and operates scalable Go and Python microservices in distributed production environments. Responsibilities include API design, Kubernetes deployment, monitoring, scaling, troubleshooting incidents, system architecture, security, testing, code reviews, and continuous improvements to development processes and infrastructure. The role requires end-to-end service ownership, strong Linux and Docker expertise, observability knowledge, and experience with reliability, performance, and CI/CD practices.