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Windows System Software Engineer at Cylake

Department: R&D

Compensation

$150,000 – $250,000/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, California
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

The employer is hiring a Windows Systems Engineer to design and build low-level endpoint infrastructure for real-time telemetry, behavioral detection, and system instrumentation across modern Windows environments. The role involves kernel-mode and user-mode development, including WDM/WDF drivers, kernel instrumentation, process and memory lifecycle tracking, synchronization, debugging, reverse engineering, and analysis of Windows NT internals. Candidates need extensive low-level Windows systems software experience, deep kernel and NT expertise, extensive kernel driver development experience, expert C/C++ skills, and experience debugging complex multithreaded systems. The expected salary is $150,000–$250,000 per year.

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