Senior Linux Engineer

Job title: Senior Linux Engineer

Department: Engineering

Reportsto: Director of Engineering

Location: Bucharest, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Remote

If you're a skilled Linux engineer with a passion for developing cutting-edge software, we want you on our team. At ExpressVPN, you'll contribute to building a safer, more open internet for millions worldwide. We're on the lookout for individuals who thrive in solving complex problems, value clarity, and can navigate the challenges of innovation. Join us in enhancing our Linux VPN application, ensuring privacy, security, and freedom for our users.

Who you are

You’re adept at navigating complex technical landscapes, especially those involving Linux OS internals, kernels, drivers, and network stacks. Your problem-solving skills match your eagerness to contribute to team efforts and deliver solutions that impact millions daily. With a growth mindset, you're collaborative, ready to share knowledge, and open to mentoring.

You’re naturally collaborative and always willing to hear ideas from your colleagues. Likewise, you're willing to share your knowledge and mentor others.

What you’ll do

As a Linux Engineer, you will be pivotal in developing and maintaining our Linux VPN applications. Your role is crucial for delivering high-quality, performant, and reliable Golang code. Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain our Linux application using Golang, ensuring high performance, responsiveness, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and backend developers, to define and implement new features and enhancements.
• Write clean, well-structured, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Implement unit tests and contribute to a test-driven development (TDD) approach to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Collaborate with the team to define and implement the application architecture.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, quality, and performance.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in Golang development and share knowledge with the team.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with Golang.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with platform-native networking internals on Linux (Ubuntu or Debian).
• Experience with Rust, C/C++, or Python is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and team management skills.

How we’ll support you

We believe in fostering an environment that empowers decision-making at all levels. Our culture is rooted in the inverted pyramid approach, where the engineers, who have a deep understanding of the product and the customers, are the ones who have the knowledge and the authority to make impactful decisions.

• We treat every team member with respect and promote open and constructive feedback, ensuring a culture of trust and transparency
• We encourage learning through experimentation and provide a safe space for everyone to learn from their experiences
• Our managers are dedicated to facilitating career growth and creating an environment that attracts and supports high-performing engineers

ExpressVPN, a Kape Technologies company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We promote equal recruitment and employment opportunities, and do not discriminate based on gender identity and/or expression, age, race, color, disability, culture, religion or belief, family and/or marital status, sexual orientation, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. We celebrate a diverse and inclusive work environment in which applicants and employees are treated with respect and dignity, and excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, and performance.

Benefits

Health and happiness go hand in hand, and we make every effort to support our team members in all facets of their lives—both inside and outside the office. Learn more about our employee benefits by visiting our careers page.

Before you apply

• At the moment, we do not sponsor visas in the EU. For Hong Kong, we require at least two years of working experience and a university degree in a related field. For Singapore and the UK, we can only sponsor visas for mid-career or above.
• Please upload your resume as a PDF and do not include any salary or compensation information in it.

ExpressVPN is one of the world’s leading providers of online privacy and security services for consumers. Started in 2009, we’ve grown to have millions of active paying customers, a team of more than 700 people worldwide, and a brand recognized by hundreds of millions of people in 18 languages and more than a hundred countries. We see huge growth in our industry, and are gaining market share through strong execution.

Please note that all offers are subject to reference checks from one or more of your former managers/colleagues. For your current manager, we understand that every company has distinct HR practices, and will only speak with them at a mutually agreed-upon time that works for you.