Senior Software Engineer; Systems Engineering

Overview

We are a fast-growing Series A startup building cutting-edge technology to revolutionize cloud development processes and support highly efficient dev&test feedback loops. We've closed our last $25mil round in Q4 2024, led by Notable Capital, CRV and Heavybit.

At its core, Local Stack provides a high-fidelity emulator and local cloud development platform. Imagine developing cloud applications and data pipelines entirely on your local machine within a lightweight cloud sandbox, running in Docker!

Our mission is to empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, allowing for a more enjoyable dev experience, and saving valuable time and resources.

Local Stack has a large and active open-source community (57k+ stars on Git Hub) with over 100k active users worldwide and 290M+ downloads to date. Our customer base ranges from SMBs to Global Fortune 500 companies.

Local Stack is headquartered in Zurich/Switzerland 🇨🇭, with a main engineering office in Vienna/Austria 🇦🇹 and remote team members from 🇺🇸the US, 🇫🇷FR, 🇬🇧UK, 🇨🇦CA, 🇪🇸ES, and many more countries.

This is the right opportunity for a person with over 5+ years in systems or backend engineering roles, experience in building low-level runtime systems for containerized environments, a strong background in API design and build, as well as a strong background in cloud-native technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Develop, benchmark and improve emulator runtime portability while maintaining a strong focus on reliability, performance and developer experience.
• Take ownership of emulator runtime systems, container orchestration logic, and supporting infrastructure.
• Collaborate in a Core Engineering squad to implement features that meet the needs of developers working with production cloud environments.
• Help grow the Core team by providing technical guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Proactively work with customers, gather requirements, resolve technical and performance issues, and lead initiatives directly.

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong foundation in designing, building, and maintaining complex systems.
• Proficiency in systems-level languages such as Rust, C, or C++, and/or high-level languages like Python.
• Deep understanding of Linux system APIs and internals, including networking, name spaces, and tracing mechanisms.
• Hands‑on experience with advanced debugging and observability tools such as perf, eBPF, strace, and similar.
• Proven ability to debug and trace application behavior in complex containerized setups (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), addressing issues like crashes, networking, resource constraints, and permission errors.
• Familiarity with both application-level and platform-level cloud development, as well as Infrastructure-as-Code tools like AWS CDK, Terraform, or Pulumi.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.
• Exposure to working across Engineering, Developer Relations, and Go-to-Market teams to align on product goals and delivery. (Nice to have)
• Experience interfacing directly with customers to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues, and deliver technical solutions.
• Background in team or technical leadership, including ownership of critical projects and architectural decision‑making. (Nice to have)

• Fully remote
• Competitive salary
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment
• Flexible work arrangements

We'd love to hear from you! Join us in shaping the future of cloud development  apply, follow the LI application process or apply on our career page. Make sure to include a short motivation outlining why you are the perfect candidate for this role. If your profile looks like a good match we will be in touch to organize further steps within 2 weeks.

Please note, that due to a high volume of candidates, we cannot offer personalized feedback to each candidate.