Lead Kernel Developer – Windows Networking, WFP

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🌐 Germany, Serbia, +2 more countries – Remote

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🖥 Software Engineer

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Acronis

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2003

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

Cybersecurity • SaaS • B2B

Acronis is a cyber protection company that provides integrated backup, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity solutions delivered as cloud-native and on-premises software. It offers endpoint protection (EDR/XDR), anti-malware, email and Microsoft 365 protection, RMM and PSA tools, and MSP-focused multi-tenant management to enable service providers and businesses to detect, respond, and recover from cyberthreats. Acronis operates globally with compliant data centers, certifications, and a platform designed to consolidate backup, security, and IT management into a single solution.

📋 Description

• Lead the architecture, development, debugging, and maintenance of Windows kernel-mode and user-mode components, focused on Windows network drivers and WFP • Design and optimize solutions for high-speed and high-throughput networks • Investigate and resolve kernel, networking, performance, compatibility, and interoperability issues, including BSODs, race conditions, deadlocks, memory corruption, and leaks • Drive issues from root-cause analysis through implementation, validation, and production • Collaborate with other engineering teams and contribute to Windows-specific and cross-platform architecture and interface design • Maintain and improve the Kernel Team’s codebase, drivers, and components • Perform reverse engineering and low-level analysis with security analysts, malware researchers, and reverse engineers • Use WinDbg/KD, ETW/WPP, crash dump analysis, profiling, tracing, and diagnostic tools • Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools for development, code analysis, debugging, reverse engineering, investigation, trace/log analysis, and technical research • Provide technical leadership by breaking down work, assigning tasks, coordinating distributed developers, and supporting delivery across locations • Share expertise through technical discussions, code reviews, and documentation • Communicate progress, technical challenges, risks, dependencies, and critical issues to the Kernel Team Director of Development

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on Windows kernel development • Strong expertise in Windows internals, networking, synchronization, memory management, and kernel debugging • Strong C/C++ systems programming skills • Expertise in Windows kernel drivers, WinDbg/KD, ETW/WPP, crash dump analysis, and profiling • WFP/NDIS experience or willingness to develop expertise in these areas • Experience developing and optimizing performance-critical kernel components • Understanding of concurrency, scalability, latency, resource efficiency, reliability, and system stability • Strong background in cybersecurity, endpoint protection, or other security-focused technologies beneficial • Practical reverse engineering and low-level analysis skills • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across kernel, networking, hardware, virtualization, and user/kernel boundaries • AI-assisted engineering experience is mandatory, including practical use of AI for development, debugging, code analysis, investigation, and technical research • Ability to take technical ownership, lead complex investigations, coordinate work across teams, and share technical expertise • Experience with Linux, macOS, or other low-level platforms is a strong advantage • Excellent English communication and cross-functional collaboration skills • Resume and application must be submitted in English

🏖️ Benefits

• All employment offers contingent upon successful completion of applicable criminal, education and identity background checks • Equal opportunity employment