🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll join the Linux Platform Engineering team at Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, to build and maintain core system foundations across hardware and software layers. You'll drive platform bring-up, OS library/toolchain upgrades, and security initiatives while leveraging AI-assisted workflows for faster, higher-quality outcomes. This role offers the chance to work on cryptography and compliance initiatives and deep system-level debugging across the full hardware–kernel–software stack.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Enable and support Linux-based software platforms on new hardware architectures and SoCs
• Upgrade, patch, and validate core OS libraries, toolchains, and platform dependencies
• Contribute to cryptography, security, and compliance-driven platform initiatives
• Plan, integrate, and validate complex toolchain changes within CI/CD pipelines

📋 Requirements

• 5-10 years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong programming skills in C/C++
• Solid understanding of Linux internals and kernel fundamentals
• Proficiency in writing, reading, and debugging Make files, including multi-target, recursive, and cross-compilation setups

✨ Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering tools
• Experience with OpenWrt, Bazel, or similar build ecosystems
• Knowledge of networking and cryptography

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 3-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Phone Screen· 30 min
2. 2Technical Interview· 60 min
3. 3System Design Interview· 60 min
4. 4Hiring Manager Interview· 45 min