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Senior Software Engineer, Bottlerocket

Seattle, Washington, United States💼 Full-time💰 $168,100–$227,400🗓 2026-08-04 → 2026-09-29

Core

Design and build core subsystems for Bottlerocket, a purpose-built Linux-based operating system for running containers at massive scale.

Role type

Senior IC systems software engineer (operating systems)

Builds

Linux-based container operating system components and open-source tooling

Domain

Cloud infrastructure / Operating Systems / Containerization

Required skills

Systems programming, OS architecture, security hardening, build/release pipeline management, mentorship, design patterns, reliability engineering

Preferred skills

Linux/RHEL or Ubuntu/Solaris experience, threat modeling, penetration testing, memory management, parallel computing

Technologies

Linux, C/C++, Rust (implied by context of Bottlerocket), Twoliter

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain core Bottlerocket subsystems (update engine, API server, host-container orchestration, settings management), implement security features, participate in upstream open-source communities, collaborate with partner teams, own the build and release pipeline, mentor junior engineers on systems programming

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