KRN·0003
Operating System Networking Engineer
Summary
Develop the networking layers of Helios, Oxide’s illumos-based host operating system. The work includes NIC and switching-silicon drivers, kernel data paths, hardware offloads, line-rate performance, and integration with Oxide’s Rust packet transformation engine and VMM. Code is open source and spans C, Rust, and potentially P4. The role is remote worldwide with Pacific Time overlap.
Responsibilities as stated
- Bring up host networking software
- Enhance drivers for several classes of network device
- Measure and improve low-level network performance
Requirements as stated
- Operating-system networking concepts
- C or Rust systems programming
- Experience with networking hardware or kernel data paths
Location, employment, and compensation
- Location. Remote — remote (Worldwide with 4h Pacific Time overlap)
- Employment. full-time · Senior
- Compensation. $275,000 USD
- How to apply. On the company’s own posting. NearMetal does not accept applications.
Why this is filed as systems software
- Write operating-system networking code and device drivers
- Improve the lowest layers of the networking stack and hardware offloads
- Work in C, Rust, and P4 across NIC, switch, and host-OS boundaries
Source and corrections
This summary was written from the company’s own posting. NearMetal does not reproduce the full description and does not accept applications.