Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel

About the Team

You will be working within the System Technology and Engineering (STE) Global team based in London, San Jose, and Singapore. The STE team works on system software—including but not limited to Linux Kernel, Open Source Linux Operating System, Compilers, and Fundamental Libraries—focusing on stability and reliability within the company's large-scale data centers. Together with other teams, we collaborate on next-generation hardware and software. We actively participate in open-source communities and incorporate cutting-edge technology and innovation into our products.The System Technologies and Engineering team is looking for an experienced Operating System Engineer to develop the Linux Operating System (OS) to adapt to all kinds of servers within the datacenter. This individual will work with the global team to develop, maintain, and improve the OS as well as related quality testing, delivery, deployment, and maintenance systems for both bare-metal servers and third-party cloud servers.

Responsibilities

• Combine software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively fault-tolerant systems, ensuring reliability for critical internal and external systems.
• Troubleshoot at the system software level, including operating systems and components such as storage, networking, and compute engines.
• Improve and optimize automated operating system monitoring, software deployment, and upgrade systems.
• Support new hardware platforms (CPU, GPU, network, and storage devices) by evolving and adapting system software.
• Optimize AIOps tools for managing large-scale server clusters.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of common data structures, algorithms, multi-threaded programming, and server performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating system concepts and IT infrastructure.
• Proficient with Linux shell commands and scripting.
• Experience with C or C++, and proficiency in languages such as Python, Go, Rust, or CUDA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Linux operating system development, distribution building, or related domains.
• Familiarity with Computer Architecture and the server development lifecycle.
• In-depth understanding of Linux/Unix OS architecture, Linux Kernel mechanisms, Linux Kernel programming, system, glibc, and Kubernetes.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162000 - $387600 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About Us

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