Software Engineer 3 - USA-CA - Promontory B, United States
Originally posted 28 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Staff Software Engineer on the ESXi OS Services team, you will lead the design and delivery of high-impact functionality across User Space OS services, container services, distributed control planes, and application infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design and implement advanced operating system techniques for managing virtual systems on x86 architectures.
- Architect and develop scalable container services, container runtimes, and Kubernetes platform capabilities tightly integrated with ESXi and vSphere.
- Develop highly available platform infrastructure to run customer workloads that span across clusters and zones.
- Maintain open source code for security fixes and upkeep upstream Kubernetes features.
- Drive development of platforms supporting SaaS, CaaS, and FaaS workloads.
- Partner with Product Management to define requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions.
What you'll need
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or similar fields.
- 5+ years of relevant experience for BS, 3+ for MS.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
- Deep understanding of Linux/Unix operating system internals, especially user space concepts like processes, threads, memory management, and I/O.
- History of System software projects.
- Experience in developing, debugging, and optimizing core operating system services or user space applications.
- Familiarity with cloud-native technologies, containerization (Docker/containerd), and Kubernetes architecture.
Nice to have
- Golang is a plus.
Skills: ESXi OS Services, container services, Kubernetes, Linux/Unix internals, C/C++, Python
This role has been open 12 days — well below the 59-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
683
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Broadcom | All employers we track in this specialty (683 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 22 | 683 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 77 | 6035 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 46 d | 59 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: ESXi OS Services, container services, Kubernetes, Linux/Unix internals, C/C++, Python
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 169 open roles · median 74 d
- NVIDIA · 128 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 50 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 73 d
- Broadcom (this employer) · 22 open roles · median 45 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 107 d
How we counted: 683 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.