Virtio Engineer

Job Title: Virtio Engineer

Location: Remote

Position Type: Contract 

Duration: 6 / 12 Month

Work Type: Onsite

Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.         

We are seeking an engineer to join our Virtio development efforts.
The ideal candidate will bring a mix of the following skills and attributes (not all are required, but a stronger match will enable faster contribution):
• Virtio expertise – Experience developing or extending Virtio devices (virtio-audio, virtio-gpu, virtio-vsock, virtio-net) and an understanding of Virtio specification internals.
• Standards exposure – Familiarity with the OASIS Virtio Technical Committee or similar standards bodies, and/or upstream contributions to QEMU or Linux kernel Virtio subsystems.
• Cloud/container familiarity – Knowledge of AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows for virtualized environments.
• Strong autonomy – Able to take high-level requirements, research/architect solutions, and execute with minimal oversight.
• Nice-to-have – Public speaking, open-source contributions, or authorship of proposals to influence industry standards.
• Virtio expertise – Experience developing or extending Virtio devices (virtio-audio, virtio-gpu, virtio-vsock, virtio-net) and an understanding of Virtio specification internals.
• Standards exposure – Familiarity with the OASIS Virtio Technical Committee or similar standards bodies, and/or upstream contributions to QEMU or Linux kernel Virtio subsystems.
• Cloud/container familiarity – Knowledge of AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows for virtualized environments.
• Strong autonomy – Able to take high-level requirements, research/architect solutions, and execute with minimal oversight.
• Nice-to-have – Public speaking, open-source contributions, or authorship of proposals to influence industry standards.

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