Software Infrastructure Engineer
- Salary
- $150,000 - $250,000 per year
- Level
- Senior
- Work type
- On-site · Sunnyvale
- Visa
- Not offered
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
Cylake's standard text
Your Impact
Join a small team building the next generation of cybersecurity products from the ground up. Led by industry veterans with a proven track record of success - you will get to architect, build, and deliver hugely impactful products with this world class team. You will have the opportunity to grow your career and skills along with the company from the very start.
Role Overview
You will be responsible for architecting and implementing the platform layer (Bootloader through system software) on a large scale embedded system. This will also include image and software lifecycle management - packaging, upgrades, high availability, and telemetry/debug infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to design and implement the system from the ground up.
Required Experience
- 5+ years experience working with the Linux Kernel, drivers, and platform bring-up
- Experience working with HW vendors on requirements and specifications
- Experience with SW lifecycle management (packaging, upgrades, etc.) on an embedded system
- Experience with k8s, Helm charts, Ansible, and other cloud orchestration technologies
- Experience with bare-metal provisioning technologies (DHCP, PXE, IPMI)
- Understanding of Secure Boot chains (bootloader, GRUB, dm-verity, and IMA)
- Experience with SELinux policy creation and tuning
- Strong C, bash, and python programming skills
- Experience developing hardware validation and stress testing suites
- Experience deploying observability and metrics stacks
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- FIPS and CC certification experience is a plus
- Rust programming experience is a plus
We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and long-term success. The expected salary range for this position is $150,000 – $250,000 per year. Within this range, individual pay is determined based on job-related factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. Most candidates can expect an offer within the range listed above. Your recruiter will provide additional details on compensation and benefits to qualified candidates during the hiring process.
Cylake's standard text
We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know — we’re happy to support you.
This position requires access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Any offer of employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Ansible · Bash · Embedded Systems · Helm · Linux Kernel
Rare in Cylake's other 13 open postings.
Standard for DevOps / SRE / cloud roles
Kubernetes · Linux · Python
Common in DevOps / SRE / cloud postings at any company.
In most of Cylake's ads
Cybersecurity
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
68% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Cylake's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Cylake's other open jobs.
The team: Engineering
This role is one of 10 open in Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Cybersecurity (10 of 10), Rust (7 of 10), Python (6 of 10), C (4 of 10), C++ (3 of 10), Golang (3 of 10), Linux (3 of 10)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Tooling Engineer posted Sep 29
- Security Research Intern (2027 Masters/PhD) posted Sep 9
- Applied AI Engineer posted Aug 5
- Security Researcher (Detection Systems) posted Aug 5
- Windows System Software Engineer posted Jul 20
- Software Engineer (2027 University Grad) posted Jun 22
- Backend Engineer posted Mar 5
- Data Pipeline Engineer posted Mar 5
- Endpoint Engineer posted Mar 5
From the team and dates on Cylake's own job board.
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