Staff Engineer – KernelCare (Remote Worldwide)

About the role

TuxCare is seeking a hands‑on Staff Engineer to lead the development of highly reliable pipelines and process automation for KernelCare, its live‑patching solution for Linux kernels. The position blends deep technical execution with product ownership, allowing you to shape critical components from concept to production while working fully remote.

Key responsibilities

• Own major product components and workstreams throughout their full lifecycle, from discovery to production release and ongoing improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, sales, and other stakeholders to gather and clarify business and technical requirements.
• Translate broad, sometimes unclear product goals into technical plans, milestones, and actionable engineering tasks.
• Design scalable system architecture and make technical decisions for high‑impact areas.
• Build, review, and maintain production‑grade components, ensuring reliability, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Take responsibility for components in production, monitoring their operation and driving evolution.
• Independently track progress and proactively communicate results, blockers, risks, and dependencies.
• Research relevant technologies, tools, market approaches, and competitor solutions as needed.

Required profile

• Proven experience in software engineering and technical product ownership.
• Ability to operate independently, handle ambiguous requirements, and drive large‑scale work without constant managerial direction.
• Strong curiosity, adaptability, and genuine interest in cybersecurity.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge Linux security solutions.
• Fully remote work arrangement with worldwide flexibility.
• Collaboration with a team of deep Linux security experts.