Software Engineer III - Linux

Overview

Senior Unix/Linux engineering role owning the architecture and health of the Linux side of Developer Compute, including the fleet of AWS WorkSpaces, WSL, and related Linux configuration.

What you'll do

• Architect and own the Linux compute platform design decisions for AWS WorkSpaces, WSL, and the Linux fleet.
• Set Ansible automation standards for configuration, patching, and lifecycle management via peer review.
• Serve as final technical authority for hard Unix/identity/infrastructure problems that survive first-line troubleshooting.
• Resolve fleet-wide health issues by investigating unhealthy or stuck WorkSpaces and fixing root causes via Ansible.
• Troubleshoot authentication and identity plumbing (Kerberos/KCM caches, kinit failures, GSSAPI/publickey SSH auth issues, STS endpoint assumptions).
• Maintain package management and toolchains across Linux distros, Homebrew, and internal package repositories.
• Build observability for Ansible run failures and workspace health, and develop diagnostic tooling for self-service issues.

What you'll need

• Have 5–8+ years of Linux systems engineering experience with ownership of production Linux fleets.
• Have hands-on experience operating and troubleshooting AWS WorkSpaces or equivalent Linux VDI.
• Be comfortable with systemd, PAM, Kerberos/KCM credential caches, and SSH auth mechanisms (publickey, GSSAPI).
• Use strace/journalctl/perf to diagnose root causes (not just restart services).
• Have strong hands-on Ansible skills (playbooks/roles, idempotency, staged rollout) and work with merge-request workflows.
• Know Linux package managers across distros (apt/dnf), Homebrew, and declarative package/environment managers (e.g., Nix-based tooling).
• Have solid AWS fundamentals (IAM, STS, VPC networking) plus enough Active Directory/Kerberos literacy to debug identity issues.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.