Platform Engineer, Virtualization and Providers

Austin, Texas | Hybrid, three days a week in our Austin office | Full time

About the Role

The Platform Engineer will build and maintain the provider integrations that supply compute resources to ORC8R, including bare metal, virtual machine and upcoming macOS and Windows backends. This role works at the boundary between the control plane and underlying infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain provider integrations that provision bare metal and virtual machine resources
Develop image baking and cloning workflows to enable fast, consistent node provisioning
Extend virtualization support to macOS and Windows alongside the existing Linux backend
Diagnose issues at the boundary between the control plane and physical or virtualized infrastructure
Produce clear technical documentation for operational and troubleshooting procedures

Basic Qualifications

Three or more years of experience working with infrastructure systems, including virtualization or bare metal provisioning
Proficiency in Rust, or strong systems programming experience with a willingness to learn Rust
Experience with hypervisors, virtual machine lifecycle management or image based deployment
Strong debugging skills for issues that manifest only on physical hardware
Based in or willing to relocate to Austin, Texas

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Apple Virtualization Framework, Cloud Hypervisor or QEMU
Background in network isolation, overlay networking or multi tenant infrastructure
Experience supporting Windows or macOS build and imaging pipelines

Compensation and Benefits

This role includes a competitive base salary, equity, health coverage and other standard benefits. Compensation will be discussed during the interview process.

About ORC8R

ORC8R operates a compute platform that gives development teams self service access to bare metal servers and virtual machines. The platform manages provisioning, orchestration, network isolation and lifecycle management, so engineering teams can request infrastructure and receive a running node in minutes without manual operations work.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ORC8R is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfer, and termination. Consistent with the City of Austin Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance, we do not inquire about criminal history until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, contact hr@orc8r.com to make a request. Employment with ORC8R is contingent upon successful completion of a background check where permitted by applicable law.

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