Principal Software Engineer - C/C++

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About the Role

OpenLogic, a Perforce business unit, provides long-term support (LTS) for enterprise Linux distributions - including CentOS 6, 7, and 8 - to customers who depend on stable, security-patched software beyond end-of-life. As a Senior Software Engineer on the CentOS CVE Remediation team, you will own the full lifecycle of CVE fixes: triaging vulnerabilities, backporting upstream patches, rebuilding RPM packages, validating fixes, and delivering hardened packages to production. You will work across a broad range of system packages — kernel, OpenSSL, openldap, libxml2, Ruby, MySQL, and others — making deep C/C++ expertise essential.

Responsibilities ::

• Triage incoming CVEs using NVD, CVSS/EPSS scores, and CISA KEV data; prioritize backport work by risk severity

• Write and apply C/C++ patches for EOL packages (CentOS 6/7/8) where upstream fixes are unavailable or inapplicable

• Build, test, and sign RPM packages using mock, rpmbuild, and GPG; maintain spec files and package metadata

• Debug regressions and build failures with gdb, strace, and valgrind; resolve symbol, linkage, and ABI issues

• Collaborate with reviewers to meet quality gates; respond to technical review feedback on patch correctness and security impact