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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 55 days Nebius's roles stay open a median of 55 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 9% of Nebius's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Nebius
- high 279 stale, 17 reposted of 384 open
- Hiring momentum
- 508 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-27
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Nebius's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Nebius.
About this role
As a Senior Hypervisor Engineer at Nebius, you will focus on developing and optimizing the KVM hypervisor and QEMU device emulator within the cloud platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include optimizing I/O for emulated devices, integrating the hypervisor with platform services, and collaborating with the open-source community on substantial extensions to the virtualization stack.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Nebius as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Fluent in C programming language
- 3+ years of experience with Linux
- At least 3 years of engineering experience with QEMU/KVM
- General understanding of x86-compatible systems (virtual memory, interrupts, privilege rings)
- Experience writing general system code in user mode for Linux, including debugging, analysis, and optimization tools
Nice to have
- Accepted patches in Linux Kernel or QEMU/KVM
- Experience working with Linux kernel
- Some experience with ARMv8, including virtualization extensions
- Understanding of PCI, SCSI, and ACPI
- Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration
What you get
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Coding interviews are part of the hiring process
- Role involves close collaboration with the open-source community
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Listed by Nebius on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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