Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection, delivering natively integrated solutions that monitor, control, and protect the data that businesses and lives depend on. Driven by our passion to protect every workload, we've built the industry's only all‐in‐one cyber protection platform. We are looking for a Senior C++ Developer to join our mission of protecting the digital world.
The Virtualization Backup Team is responsible for integrating Acronis' flagship product, Acronis Backup, with various virtualization platforms to enable reliable backup and restore operations for virtual machines and hypervisor hosts in production‐grade, performance‐critical environments.
Primary Responsibilities
* Gaining in‐depth knowledge of VMware ESXi, Hyper‐V, Virtuozzo, Proxmox, Nutanix and other hypervisors with a focus on their internal architecture, APIs, and failure modes, to address platform‐specific issues.
* Developing a deep understanding of file system management and parsing (FAT, NTFS, Ext, XFS, ReFS) and their behavior under snapshotting, corruption, and partial recovery scenarios.
* Analyzing OS boot sequences to ensure cross‐platform bootability for virtual machines during backup and restore and to diagnose low‐level boot and recovery issues across different OS families.
* Performing integrations with major cloud and virtualization platforms, including Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and XenServer with attention to consistency, correctness, and long‐term maintainability.
* Actively using AI‐assisted development tools (e.G. code generation, refactoring, log analysis, test generation) to improve development efficiency, while being fully responsible for the correctness, performance, and security of the resulting code.
* Formulating clear technical tasks and specifications (design notes, implementation plans, acceptance criteria), including tasks delegated to AI tools, and validating the results against real system behavior rather than assumptions.
* Reviewing, validating, and correcting AI‐generated outputs (code, tests, documentation), ensuring they meet Acronis quality standards and production requirements.
What You'll Do
* Develop Acronis product integrations with new virtualization platforms and implement additional virtualization‐related features in performance‐critical, production environments.
* Troubleshoot and resolve identified issues by analyzing real system behavior, logs, dumps, and metrics rather than relying on assumptions to ensure seamless performance.
* Conduct code reviews, implement unit tests, debug, and integrate code efficiently with a strong focus on correctness, maintainability, and long‐term supportability.
* Lead the team's day‐to‐day execution: plan and prioritize work, break down initiatives into actionable tasks, and ensure predictable delivery.
* Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, pairing, and feedback;
foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
* Use AI‐assisted development tools (for example: code generation, refactoring, log analysis, test scaffolding) to increase development efficiency, while remaining fully accountable for the final technical decisions and code quality.
* Translate high‐level requirements into clear technical tasks, specifications, and acceptance criteria, including tasks delegated to AI tools, and verify results against real‐world scenarios and edge cases.
Who We're Looking For
* 5+ years of relevant experience in developing, deploying, monitoring, and debugging highly scalable applications using C++ or Rust in complex, low‐level or systems‐heavy environments.
* Proficiency in at least one platform (Windows, Linux) and related development technologies with hands‐on experience in production systems.
* Strong understanding of advanced programming concepts, including multi‐threading, OS internals, networking, TCP/IP protocols, and IPC mechanisms and the ability to reason about failures, race conditions, and performance bottlenecks.
* Experience with debugging tools such as Xcode, LLDB, GDB, and WinDbg, as well as reverse engineering techniques to investigate undocumented or poorly documented behavior.
* Solid system administration skills across Windows, Linux, networks, and file systems sufficient to independently reproduce, diagnose, and validate complex issues.
* Strong troubleshooting and problem‐solving abilities with an engineering mindset focused on root‐cause analysis rather than quick fixes.
* Experience leading an engineering team (or acting as a technical lead): guiding execution, facilitating technical decisions, and aligning stakeholders.
* Strong communication and people skills: ability to provide constructive feedback, mentor engineers, and handle day‐to‐day team coordination.
* Knowledge of Python and Golang is a plus (used for tooling, automation, testing, or auxiliary services).
* Experience working with technical documentation, design notes, or specifications, and the ability to critically review and improve them.
Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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