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Principal Software Engineer

Red Hat · Posted Oct 12, 2026

Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Full-time · Principal

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Systems engineering role focused on virtualization strategy and the interoperability of Windows Guest Operating Systems within the Kernel-based Virtual Machine stack.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Windows kernel-mode drivers (WDM/KMDF) specifically for virtualized environments.
Optimize the Windows-on-KVM stack by implementing 'enlightenments' and specialized drivers (e.g., VirtIO) to reduce hypervisor overhead.
Debug complex, low-level interactions between the Windows kernel, the virtual hardware abstraction layer, and the KVM/QEMU host.
Build and maintain internal diagnostic tools to monitor driver health and performance
Work closely with Linux Kernel/KVM specialists to align host-side features with guest-side driver requirements.

Requirements

Nice to have: Linux Kernel
Nice to have: KVM
Nice to have: QEMU
Nice to have: gdb
Nice to have: perf

Skills

C C++Windows Kernel Internals WDM KMDF

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