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Senior Software Engineer, Virtual Machines

  • Remote, United States
  • Full-time
  • Senior
  • Posted 7 days ago
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Senior Software Engineer, Virtual Machines is a full-time remote role in the United States at a government contractor in defense software.

About the role

Design and delivery of VM capabilities sit with this person: Kubernetes tooling and APIs, image packaging for disconnected delivery, and management workflows for inventory, power and console access. The work is product engineering, not just running infrastructure.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, United States
Seniority
Senior
Employment
Full-time
Skills
Go, Kubernetes, Linux, Containers, APIs, System design
Posted
22 Oct 2026
Last checked
29 Oct 2026

What you will do

  • Build Kubernetes tooling and APIs that orchestrate and manage virtual machine workloads
  • Wire VM workloads into networking, observability and security features of the platform

What they look for

  • Five or more years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong Go skills, or another modern language plus interest in Go systems
  • Experience designing software that works with Kubernetes or other distributed systems
  • Solid grasp of APIs, system design and software architecture
  • Background in backend services, controllers, operators or developer tooling
  • Familiarity with Linux, containers and operating system concepts

A typical week

  • Debug issues that span Kubernetes, virtualization, storage, networking and operating systems
  • Review code and mentor teammates as the new team sets up its practices
  • Work with product, UX and mission users to turn operational needs into features
  • Document technical decisions and keep communication clear across teams

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What experience is needed?

It is a senior role. The posting asks for: five or more years of professional software engineering experience; strong Go skills, or another modern language plus interest in Go systems; experience designing software that works with Kubernetes or other distributed systems. Skills it names include Go, Kubernetes, Linux, Containers.

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