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# Senior Hypervisor Engineer

- **Company:** Nebius
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), ARM Architecture, Program Optimization, Software Debugging, Linux, Hardware Virtualization, Hypervisor, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Linux Kernel, Open Source Technology, Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), Software Engineering, Virtual Machines, Virtual Memory, Cloud Platform System
- **Published:** July 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.nl/details/4912630189

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
 * Fluent in C programming language
 * 3+years of experience with Linux
 * At least 3 years of engineering experience with QEMU/KVM
 * General understanding of x86-compatible systems (virtual memory, interrupts, privilege rings)
 * Experience writing general system code in user mode for Linux, including debugging, analysis, and optimization tools (the emulator is built on the user mode system process for Linux)

It would be an added bonus if you had:

 * Aсcepted patches in Linux Kernel or QEMU/KVM
 * Experience working with Linux kernel
 * Some experience with ARMv8, including virtualization extensions
 * Understanding of PCI, SCSI, and ACPI
 * Experience working with the Linux kernel
 * Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration
 * Strong work ethic, Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire.

## Description

We're looking for a Senior Hypervisor Engineer to contribute to the development of our hyperscaler platform.
The Hypervisor team supports and develops the parts of the Cloud platform that directly affect the KVM hypervisor and QEMU device emulator. We understand the granular details of hardware virtualization and device emulation, paying close attention to performance and protection against untrusted code.
You will work on substantial extensions for the QEMU/KVM virtualization stack in close cooperation with the opensource community.
In this position, your responsibility will be to:

 * Optimize I/O for emulated disk and network devices
 * Integrate the hypervisor with other platform services and storage facilities for user data
 * Efficiently distribute resources between virtual machines
 * Improve guest system support
 * Advance the cutting-edge of open source virtualization
 * Provide low-level security for the hypervisor and emulator
 * Provide general support, fix bugs, and monitor the upstream
 * Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders


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