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# Kernel/Hypervisor Engineer, EC2 Core Compute

- **Company:** EC2 Core Compute
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Microarchitecture, Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Software Engineering
- **Published:** August 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5843300502

## About the Role

Professional experience working on the Linux Kernel

 - Professional experience in C programming
 - Proficient in at least one CPU architecture such as x86 or ARM
 - Understanding of operating system internals

 - Extensive professional experience working on the Linux Kernel
 - Extensive professional experience in C programming
 - Professional experience working on a hypervisor, such as kvm, xen or hyper-v
 - Solid understanding of performance-critical areas of the Linux Kernel

## Description

Take end to end ownership of the software development life cycle: You will build new solutions across the virtualization software stack; developing virtualization components and automating infrastructure flows. This includes design, testing and deployment.

 - Drive operational excellence, improving the quality of the hypervisor and our instance platforms.

 - Influence and contribute to the technological roadmap of your team.

 - Work with other EC2 teams like hardware, software and firmware groups across the globe, driving innovative solutions.

 - Openness to leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and technical problem-solving.

A day in the life
You will:

 - Work with your manager and other engineers in delivering to the roadmap.
 - Focus on high quality delivery and operational excellence.
 - Solve technical challenges impacting our customers.


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