Staff Engineer (remote work)

TuxCare offers a comprehensive portfolio of security solutions for Linux and open-source software designed for enterprise organizations. Their products include KernelCare, which provides automated live patching for Linux kernels without reboots, and SecureChain, focusing on open-source software supply chain security. The company operates fully remotely and emphasizes flexible working hours.

• Proven experience owning major projects, products, systems, or workstreams end-to-end.
• Extensive hands-on coding experience in programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, Rust, etc.
• Strong hands-on Linux experience and confidence working with Linux-based production environments.
• Strong system design and architectural thinking, combined with the ability to implement proposed solutions hands-on.
• Demonstrated experience building substantial systems or features and taking them through production release.
• Experience gathering and refining requirements and turning broad needs into technical plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Strong technical product ownership and an understanding of how engineering decisions support broader product and business goals.
• Ability to work independently without close day-to-day supervision.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to clearly explain technical decisions, trade-offs, progress, risks, dependencies, and blockers.
• Regular use of AI-assisted development tools for planning, implementation, debugging, testing, refactoring, automation, or code review.
• Ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term scalability, reliability, maintainability, and extensibility.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and an interest in cybersecurity and complex technical problems.
• Advanced written and spoken English.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with CVEs, vulnerability management, or security-related engineering workflows.
• Understanding of commercial processes and how technical decisions can support product and business objectives.

• 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.