Senior Engineer - User Space (Austin, TX)

Description

The company is part of a larger parent organization, and the team works on Linux-based embedded systems.

This senior role sits in the user space sustaining team, keeping user space libraries and applications healthy for mission-critical intelligent systems.

You will solve hard technical problems on your own, help with production and customer issues, coach junior engineers, and have a say in architecture and technical choices.

Responsibilities

• Keep user space libraries and applications maintained and improved, including system libraries such as glibc and musl, application frameworks, and middleware.
• Track down and fix complex bugs, production problems, customer escalations, and compatibility failures across Linux distributions.
• Add new features without breaking backward compatibility, and tune application performance and resource use.
• Design solutions to difficult user space problems and help shape architecture, design decisions, and engineering practices.
• Write maintainable C/C++ code, review peers' code, and handle testing, debugging, and technical documentation.
• Guide junior engineers, and lead technical initiatives and small projects.
• Work with teams spread across the United States, Romania, and India, sharing knowledge and keeping engineering aligned.
• Take part in Agile work: sprint planning, estimation, retrospectives, and ongoing process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field, plus 5+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years of embedded Linux or systems programming.
• Solid production C/C++ skills, with knowledge of Linux user space architecture, embedded systems, and user space application development.
• Hands-on work with system libraries such as glibc and musl, application frameworks, middleware, cross-platform compatibility, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with build systems such as Yocto, Buildroot, or similar, plus Git, code review, debugging, and Agile/Scrum.
• Preferred: strong debugging and problem-solving skills, and experience with user space debugging tools such as gdb and Valgrind.
• Preferred: application security, open-source contributions, and real-time system troubleshooting.
• Preferred: experience in automotive, aerospace, or industrial sectors.
• You must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis, with no visa sponsorship or transfer required now or in the future. Work eligibility is verified at hire.

Conditions

Candidates must live in Greater Austin, TX or be willing to relocate there.

The role follows a hybrid work model.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible time-off policies.
• Employee assistance program for mental well-being.
• Learning benefits, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.