Staff Engineer

Description

About the company & products

TuxCare offers a comprehensive portfolio of security solutions for Linux and open-source software designed for enterprise organizations.

With TuxCare, companies can automate vulnerability patching, minimize downtime, maintain security and compliance, and rely on deep expertise in Linux and open-source security.

Our solutions cover widely used Linux distributions, end-of-life systems, open-source software ecosystems, and other critical infrastructure.

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We are currently hiring Staff Engineers for two TuxCare products: KernelCare and SecureChain .

KernelCare

KernelCare provides automated live patching for Linux kernels without requiring reboots, helping organizations keep production systems secure while avoiding operational downtime.

As a mature and business-critical product, KernelCare offers the opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges at scale, evolve established systems, and improve automation while maintaining a strong focus on reliability and stability.

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SecureChain

SecureChain is one of TuxCare’s newer security products focused on open-source software supply chain security.

SecureChain helps organizations use open-source dependencies more safely by providing packages rebuilt from verified source code, scanned for malware and supply chain risks, and continuously patched as new vulnerabilities are discovered.

As part of the SecureChain team, you will help build the next generation of automation and high-reliability systems behind these processes, evaluating and improving existing workflows and using AI where appropriate to analyze data, support decisions, and improve operational visibility.

Because SecureChain is still a relatively new product, engineers have significant opportunities to build systems from the ground up and influence its technical direction.

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About the role

The role combines deep technical execution with technical product ownership and is approximately 70% hands-on software engineering and 30% technical product ownership .

You will lead significant product components and workstreams end-to-end: clarifying requirements with stakeholders, defining milestones, designing solutions, contributing production code, delivering functionality to customers, and ensuring its continued reliability in production.

This is an individual contributor role, not a people-management position. We are looking for someone who can operate autonomously, navigate ambiguity, and drive complex initiatives forward without relying on a manager to define every next step.

As the product and priorities evolve, curiosity, adaptability, and a broad interest in the cybersecurity area will be important for success in this role.

What you’ll do:

• Own major product components and workstreams throughout their full lifecycle, from initial discovery and planning to production release and ongoing improvement.

• Work directly with engineering, product, sales, and other stakeholders to understand, gather, and clarify business and technical requirements.
• Translate broad product goals into technical plans, milestones, and actionable engineering tasks.
• Design scalable system architecture and make technical decisions for high-impact product areas.
• Build, review, and maintain production-grade components end-to-end, ensuring reliability, security, performance, maintainability, and extensibility.
• Take responsibility for delivered components in production and their continued operation and evolution.
• Independently track progress and proactively communicate results, blockers, risks, dependencies, and changing requirements.
• Research relevant technologies, tools, market approaches, and competitor solutions when needed.
• Contribute to engineering quality through design reviews, technical guidance, mentorship, and best practices.
• Use AI-assisted development tools as part of the regular engineering workflow for planning, implementation, debugging, testing, refactoring, automation, and code review.