Software Engineer – Open Stack Cloud Infrastructure
About Wind River
Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission‑critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, we’ve powered billions of devices across aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries. From NASA’s Artemis I and the James Webb Space Telescope to the world’s largest Open RAN networks, our software enables the safest and most secure systems in the world.
About The Opportunity
Within the Wind River Cloud team, you’ll design and build cloud infrastructure software with a focus on Open Stack development. You’ll contribute to Wind River’s leadership in the Starling
X open‑source project, creating solutions for highly distributed edge systems in 5G, autonomous vehicles, and industrial automation.
This role emphasizes software engineering and coding: developing APIs, services, and integrations for Open Stack and cloud‑native platforms, while collaborating with Dev Ops teams on deployment and automation.
Primary Responsibilities
Design and implement high‑quality software for distributed cloud infrastructure using Python and Open Stack APIs.
Develop extensions, plugins, and services for Open Stack projects (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone).
Build reusable libraries and APIs to integrate Open Stack with Kubernetes and containerized applications.
Apply Test‑Driven Development (TDD) practices to ensure robust, maintainable code.
Contribute to platform upgrade features and collaborate with Dev Ops teams on CI/CD integration.
Investigate and resolve issues during product verification and customer integration.
Use Linux and shell scripting for supporting development tasks and debugging.
Participate in agile development processes, shifting across coding, testing, and automation as needed.
Work responsibly with open‑source technologies, including licensing awareness and CVE remediation.
Actively contribute to open‑source communities such as Starling
X and Open Stack.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field.
3+ years of professional software development experience.
2+ years of programming experience with Python.
Strong knowledge of Linux systems and shell scripting.
Experience developing software for scalable, distributed systems.
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm (deployment collaboration).
Experience working in Agile SCRUM teams.
Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills.
Professional experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Deep understanding of Open Stack architecture (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone).
Experience developing Open Stack services, plugins, or integrations.
Track record of delivering mission‑critical, 24x7 production systems.
Contributions to Open Stack or other open‑source projects.
Familiarity with Rabbit
MQ, Postgre
SQL, YAML, and TOSCA.
Experience managing open‑source licensing and CVE remediation.
Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies independently.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics.
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