Location
Almaty, Kazakhstan; onsite, remote, or hybrid work options
Company
BellSoft is a global software company and a major OpenJDK contributor developing Liberica JDK and Alpaquita Linux.
What you will do
•Maintain Alpaquita Linux with current open-source component releases and develop compatibility patches.
•Create and maintain apk Linux packages.
•Support product and component quality and build the QA process.
•Develop infrastructure automation and tooling for release cycles and quality assurance.
•Support multiple Alpaquita Linux releases, including new platforms, features, and security patches.
•Manage on-premise and cloud-based product build environments.
Requirements
•BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
•Advanced experience with Linux or another Unix-like distribution, such as Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Alpine Linux, FreeBSD, or Solaris.
•Experience with Bash, Python, Ruby, and C.
•Experience with CI tools such as GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, or Atlassian, and with Git or Mercurial.
•Basic computer networking knowledge.
•Intermediate English or higher required.
Nice to have
•Experience as a Linux package maintainer, Release Engineer, Software Tester, or DevOps engineer.
Culture & Benefits
•Work with Linux and Java experts on a high-visibility open-source project.
•Collaboration with the open-source community.
•Opportunities for professional growth and development.
•Friendly working relationships and a competitive compensation package.
•Mixed online and offline work options for Almaty-based employees.