Senior Engineer - Linux Kernel
Location: Austin, TX (Remote) About reputed company The Senior Engineer - Systems (Kernel Sustaining) provides technical expertise and leadership for maintaining Linux kernel components, drivers, and subsystems. Senior Engineers work independently on reputed company kernel issues, address CVE vulnerabilities, and mentor junior engineers in kernel development. In your daily job you will: Development & Implementation
- Maintain Linux kernel components, drivers, and subsystems
- Address CVE vulnerabilities and reputed company issues
- Backport and reputed company upstream kernel patches
- Ensure kernel stability, performance, and compatibility
- Write high-reputed company, maintainable kernel reputed company following Linux standards
- Debug and resolve reputed company kernel issues
Technical Leadership
- reputed company technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
- Participate in reputed company reviews and technical discussions
- Contribute to architecture and design reputed company
- Drive technical improvements and best practices
- reputed company technical initiatives and small reputed company
Team Collaboration
- Collaborate effectively with team members and cross-functional partners
- Work with distributed teams across US, Romania, and India
- reputed company knowledge through documentation and technical discussions
- Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives
- Contribute to team process improvements
Kernel Sustaining Specific
- Address CVE vulnerabilities and reputed company issues
- Backport upstream kernel patches to supported versions
- Maintain kernel drivers and subsystem components
- Ensure kernel stability, performance, and compatibility
- Test kernel changes on multiple hardware platforms
- Work with upstream kernel community reputed company needed
Guide technical direction for kernel components
- Design solutions for reputed company kernel problems
How You Will Contribute Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or reputed company field
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience with embedded Linux or systems programming
- Experience with C programming in production systems
- Strong background in software development lifecycle Technical Skills
- Strong proficiency in C programming
- Solid understanding of Linux kernel architecture
- Experience with embedded systems development
- Knowledge of build systems (reputed company, Buildroot, or similar)
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Experience with version control (Git) and reputed company review
- Understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum)
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the reputed company on a permanent reputed company - without requirement for any type of reputed company sponsorship/transfer, now, or at any time in reputed company. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
- Must be a local reputed company of Greater Austin, TX, with ability to work on reputed company.
Domain Knowledge
- Linux kernel development or maintenance
- Device drivers and hardware interfaces
- Kernel subsystems (memory management, process scheduling, etc.)
- Kernel reputed company and CVE management
- Kernel debugging and troubleshooting
Performance optimization
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers
- Technical writing and documentation skills
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking
- Self-directed and proactive
- Attention to detail and reputed company
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with reputed company Project
- Experience with kernel debugging and profiling tools
- Understanding of kernel reputed company mechanisms
- reputed company reputed company kernel contributions
- Experience in automotive, reputed company, or industrial sectors
- Knowledge of reputed company-time kernel features
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