18 hours ago
Remote, Germany or Remote, PolandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, development, debugging, and maintenance of Windows kernel-mode and user-mode networking components.
- Design and optimize Windows network drivers and WFP solutions for high-speed, high-throughput, scalable, reliable, and low-latency systems.
- Investigate and resolve kernel, networking, performance, compatibility, interoperability, and security-related issues, including BSODs, race conditions, deadlocks, memory corruption, and leaks.
- Drive root-cause analysis through implementation, validation, and production deployment while collaborating across engineering teams.
- Contribute to Windows-specific and cross-platform architecture, interface design, and integration with higher-level products.
- Maintain and improve the Kernel Team’s codebase, drivers, and components and resolve defects and technical issues.
- Perform reverse engineering and low-level analysis with security analysts, malware researchers, and reverse engineers.
- Use debugging, tracing, profiling, and crash-dump analysis tools to troubleshoot and optimize system behavior.
- Use AI-assisted engineering tools for development, code analysis, debugging, reverse engineering, investigation, trace and log analysis, and technical research.
- Provide technical leadership by decomposing work, assigning tasks, coordinating distributed developers, and supporting delivery across locations.
- Share expertise through technical discussions, code reviews, and documentation, and communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and critical issues to the Kernel Team Director of Development.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on Windows kernel development experience.
- Strong C/C++ systems programming skills and expertise in Windows kernel drivers, Windows internals, networking, synchronization, memory management, and kernel debugging.
- Experience with WinDbg/KD, ETW/WPP, crash dump analysis, and profiling.
- Experience with WFP and NDIS, or willingness to develop expertise in these areas.
- Experience developing and optimizing performance-critical kernel components for concurrency, scalability, latency, resource efficiency, reliability, and stability.
- Kernel network development experience in high-performance or high-throughput environments is beneficial.
- Background in cybersecurity, endpoint protection, or other security-focused technologies is beneficial.
- Practical reverse engineering and low-level analysis skills for investigating undocumented behavior and third-party compatibility issues.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues spanning kernel, networking, hardware, virtualization, and user/kernel boundaries.
- Mandatory practical experience using AI-assisted engineering for development, debugging, code analysis, investigation, and technical research.
- Demonstrated technical ownership, complex investigation leadership, cross-team coordination, and knowledge sharing.
- Experience with Linux, macOS, or other low-level platforms is a strong advantage.
- Excellent English communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Benefits
- The role is part of a global Acronis organization with offices in 15 countries and employees in 50+ countries.
- Acronis promotes innovation, accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and professional development.
- Employment offers are contingent upon applicable criminal, education, and identity background checks.
- Applicants must submit their resume and application in English.
About Acronis
Acronis builds an integrated cyber protection platform that combines backup, disaster recovery, endpoint security, and management for managed service providers and corporate IT teams. It sells subscription software and cloud services primarily through MSPs and channel partners, including Acronis Cyber Protect and Cyber Protect Cloud. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Acronis is privately held and backed by EQT.