Operating Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and develop platform adapters that integrate the Darkstrike execution control platform with Microsoft Windows and macOS.
• Develop secure interfaces between the Darkstrike platform and operating system services.
• Extend execution control capabilities across supported operating system environments.
• Build highly performant, reliable, and maintainable operating system integration components.
• Evaluate operating system APIs and integration mechanisms to support secure execution control.
• Develop software utilizing native Windows APIs and frameworks.
• Develop software utilizing native macOS APIs and frameworks.
• Integrate with operating system authentication, authorization, process management, file system, and security services.
• Support compatibility across current enterprise Windows and macOS releases.
• Troubleshoot operating system interoperability and performance issues.
• Develop integrations supporting Microsoft Office desktop applications and Microsoft 365.
• Design secure interfaces with Office productivity applications where appropriate.
• Support execution control for enterprise productivity workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to extend platform capabilities into Microsoft application environments.
• Collaborate with backend engineering to integrate platform adapters with execution control services.
• Develop secure interprocess communication and API integrations.
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Participate in architecture reviews and technical design discussions.
• Implement secure software development practices and least-privilege designs.
• Support secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Participate in security reviews, testing, and vulnerability remediation.
• Aid in maintaining secure endpoint integration architectures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong experience developing software for Microsoft Windows and macOS.
• Deep understanding of operating system internals and native operating system APIs.
• Experience with systems programming using C++, Go, and Python.
• Experience integrating enterprise software with desktop operating systems.
• Strong understanding of process management, memory management, threading, file systems, and operating system security.
• Experience developing secure, high-performance software.
• Preferred: experience developing endpoint security or cybersecurity products.
• Preferred: integration experience with Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365, Windows COM, Win32, .NET interoperability, or Microsoft Graph APIs.
• Preferred: Apple development frameworks and macOS security architecture.
• Preferred: secure software architecture and modern authentication technologies.
• Preferred: cloud-connected endpoint applications.
• Preferred: experience with AI-assisted development tools.
• Preferred: experience with Golang and Python.
• Preferred: experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architectures.