Senior Software Engineer

About the role

XClarity One is Lenovo’s cloud-native systems management platform for operating data center infrastructure, including servers and storage devices, at enterprise scale. It unifies hardware, firmware, OS, and virtualization management into a single SaaS experience built for hybrid environments. The platform integrates deeply with VMware and Windows to enable consistent lifecycle management, observability, and automation. Engineers working on XClarity One collaborate closely with real data center equipment and have hands-on access to the Lenovo lab in Bucharest, Romania. This role offers direct exposure to production-grade hardware and the systems that run modern data centers.

Mandatory skills Extensive architectural leadership experience – proven ability to design and deliver complex software systems with significant architectural ownership, cross-team technical leadership, and end-to-end responsibility (from design through production).  Expertise in enterprise infrastructure integration – deep understanding of virtualization and IT systems management (particularly VMware vSphere / vCenter or Microsoft Windows ecosystems), enabling you to build and integrate these platforms within the XClarity One SaaS environment.  Strong back-end development skills – exceptional proficiency in Golang and/or Node.js (e.g. using Express or similar frameworks, with a track record of writing clean, production-quality code.  Distributed systems & API design – hands-on experience architecting large-scale distributed services and microservices (including robust API design & contracts, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing).  Performance, scalability & reliability – in-depth knowledge of performance optimization, caching strategies (e.g. using Redis/DragonflyDB), concurrency, and designing for high availability and reliability at scale; skilled in troubleshooting and optimizing complex, high-performance systems.  Engineering best practices & mentorship – history of rigorous code reviews, driving coding standards, and mentoring other engineers; a champion of maintainable, secure, well-documented, and well-tested code.  AI-native development proficiency – comfortable embracing AI-assisted development tools and workflows: regularly using AI coding assistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) to boost development speed and quality. Able to write clear specs and SKILL definitions (Markdown) to guide AI tools, and manage AI prompt tokens/context efficiently to achieve reliable, secure outcomes. 

Desired skills Cloud & SaaS experience – background in building or operating multi-tenant, cloud-based services or large-scale enterprise SaaS platforms; familiarity with major cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). Broad virtualization knowledge – familiarity with additional hypervisor or infrastructure platforms (e.g. Proxmox, Nutanix, SUSE Harvester or similar) and eagerness to quickly learn new ecosystems. DevOps and automation – experience with DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD pipelines, automated testing) and infrastructure as code or GitOps workflows. Experience with local containerization solutions for development like Docker or container.d. Experience with Kubernetes as a user.

Bonus skills Polyglot capabilities – proficiency with additional programming languages (e.g. Python) and scripting (Bash), demonstrating versatility to work across multiple technology stacks. Basic understanding of networking skills, from IP families, to subnets, to routing in a Unix system. Advanced platform tools – hands-on experience with modern platform and operations technologies such as ArgoCD (or similar CI/CD automation), Grafana/Prometheus for monitoring, and identity/authentication frameworks like Keycloak is a strong plus.

Benefits: Compensation & Rewards 

Performance-based salary reviews and annual bonuses  Meal tickets, service anniversary awards, and referral bonuses  Employee share purchase program  Scholarships for employees’ children 

Health & Well-being  Fully covered private medical insurance  Annual well-being allowance for sports, training, relaxation, and therapy ,and nd on-site chair massage  Life & accident insurance with extra medical coverage  Employee Assistance Program 

Training & Development  Technical Ladder & Sales Excellence programs  Individual Career Development Plans with mentoring  Bookster subscription for continuous learning 

Time Away  21–28 vacation days depending on tenure  Sick days and extra paid leave for public holidays on weekends  Additional paid leave for employees with children  Hybrid work 3:2

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.