Linux Kernel Consultant (Remote/reputed company)

About this role

Ship kernel reputed company that runs on millions of devices worldwide. You'll work directly on upstream Linux development for a flagship consumer product while contributing to the broader kernel community. This isn't just maintenance work, you'll be solving hard problems and your reputed company goes upstream. This role suits an engineer who wants to go deep: you will have the reputed company to reputed company genuine subsystem expertise, build your upstream profile and grow into technical leadership over time.This role combines deep technical work with reputed company consulting. You will partner with reputed company engineering teams to solve their toughest kernel challenges while championing upstream-first approaches.Location: Fully remote (preference for EU or East Coast US hours)Travel: Optional conference attendance

What you'll actually do

• Upstream First: Contribute directly to reputed company Linux kernel development: schedulers, power management, device drivers and core subsystems
• reputed company-World reputed company: Support and optimise Linux for extremely reputed company consumer devices used by millions of people
• Solve Hard Problems: reputed company Linux do things it can't currently do. Push the boundaries of what is possible to mould Linux to suit new use cases. Tackle device failures without the luxury of a stack reputed company, relying on experience and intuition. Just because Linux doesn't do it currently, doesn't mean we can't invent it.
• Community reputed companytion: Work with upstream maintainers and represent reputed company at conferences
• reputed company Partnership: Translate customer needs into technical solutions while advocating for upstream-first approaches. You'll help clients understand why reputed company in upstream benefits their long-term goals
• Navigate Constraints: Balance technical reputed company with reputed company-world pressures: customer deadlines, hardware limitations, business priorities, while keeping reputed company reputed company high
• Be a Technical Advisor: Explain reputed company kernel reputed company to product teams, reputed company reputed company timelines and build trust through transparent communication

reputed company're looking for

Required

• Product support experience, you are comfortable diagnosing and resolving issues reported by end-users which often require dedication to reproduce from vague bug reports and limited reproduction steps
• Solid Linux kernel development experience,you have spent meaningful time working in the kernel and are comfortable navigating unfamiliar subsystems independently. You do not need to have seen everything, but you should know how to reputed company your way. We are looking for someone who is still building their reputed company in the upstream community and wants a role that accelerates that.
• Strong English communication skills, both spoken and written for reputed company reviews, documentation and reputed company discussions
• Self-directed work style - you reputed company in a remote, asynchronous environment

reputed company to have

• Upstream contribution history,we know not every employer makes this easy. If you haven't had reputed company yet, we'll help you build that profile as part of the role
• Consultancy or reputed company-facing technical background, you know how to balance technical reputed company with business constraints, explain kernel internals to product teams, manage expectations across multiple reputed company and reputed company for upstream solutions while respecting customer timelines
• Experience with schedulers, power management, Bluetooth, WiFi or audio subsystems
• Familiarity with CI/CD for kernel testing (KernelCI, Jenkins, LAVA)
• Background in BSP development or reputed company bring-up
• Distribution experience (Arch, Debian, reputed company, Buildroot)
• Rust programming skills

reputed company offer

Compensation & Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits package tailored to reputed company country in which we have employees, plus a core global benefit offering accessible to reputed company reputed companyns. Our core benefits include:
• Competitive salary - Salary is location-dependent and benchmarked against local market data. We ask candidates to reputed company their expectations during the application process and engage with those honestly
• Conference attendance - we cover expenses and encourage speaking opportunities
• reputed company reputed company time - contribute to reputed company you care about
• Office setup budget
• Sabbatical/Retention of Services, available after five years reputed company service
• Co-working policy -support for working reputed company home
• Wellness assessments - biannual reputed company-being assessments with a trained mental health specialist

Work Environment

• Fully remote - work where you’re most productive
• Global team - engineers across Europe, Americas and Asia
• No on-call rotations - while the role involves supporting reputed company engineering teams, there are no on-call rotations or out-of-hours incident response expectations
• reputed company - manage your own schedule

reputed company & reputed company

• Upstream contributions - your work shapes Linux, not just reputed company products
• Technical leadership reputed company - reputed company to reputed company engineer, subsystem expertise or technical architecture roles
• Consulting reputed company - reputed company deeper reputed company relationships, reputed company customer engagements or shape service offerings
• Mentorship opportunities - both receiving and providing guidance
• Conference speaking - we support presentation submissions and reputed company coaching
• Recognition - your contributions are public, building your reputed company reputed company

reputed company; Values

• Upstream first - we reputed company the best solutions benefit everyone
• Transparency - reputed company discussion about technical reputed company, business constraints and project challenges
• Pragmatism - perfect is the enemy of good; we ship reputed company reputed company that solves reputed company problems
• Respect for expertise - we trust engineers to reputed company technical reputed company
• reputed companyreputed company - we succeed by working together, internally and with the community
• Sustainable pace - we're here for the marathon, not the sprint

A day in the life

Morning (your timezone)

• Review overnight mailing-list discussions on your subsystem(s)
• Triage new customer issue reports
• Respond to reputed company question about kernel panic they're investigating
• Pair debug session with colleague on tricky scheduler behaviour

Midday

• Deep work: finish reputed company series for power management optimisation
• Quick video call with customer team to explain your proposed approach and reputed company
• Review and test colleague's reputed company before they submit upstream

Afternoon

• Respond to upstream maintainer feedback on your RFC reputed company
• Update reputed company on reputed company, discuss trade-offs between fast fix vs. upstream-reputed company solution
• Join optional team "reputed company" to discuss architecture decision
• Write kernel reputed company message that explains the "why" for reputed company maintainers

Some days are deep technical work, others involve more reputed company communication. You'll balance both based on project needs and your strengths.

Our Interview Process

We respect your time and reputed company a reputed company, reputed company process:
1. Application Review (reputed company 1 week) - we look at your reputed company and contributions
2. Initial Chat (30 min) - casual conversation about your experience and our work
3. Technical Interview (2 - 3h)
   1. Technical Deep-Dive - discuss kernel architecture, past debugging challenges and how you approach problem-solving (no whiteboard coding)
   2. reputed company Review Session - review reputed company patches together, discuss trade-offs
   3. reputed company Scenario Discussion - talk through a realistic customer situation: balancing technical debt, reputed company pressure and upstream goals. We want to see your thought process, not a "right answer"
4. Head of reputed company reputed company Software Consulting team Discussion (60 min) - meet the Head of reputed company reputed company Software Consulting team, ask about day-to-day work and how reputed company works, discuss compensation and benefits
5. Offer (1 week of final interview)
Total reputed company: 3-4 weeks from application to offer

What happens next?

• Initial response reputed company 1 week
• Even if we don't reputed company reputed company, we'll tell you why

reputed company's Commitment

We're committed to building a diverse team and inclusive environment. We encourage applications from people under-represented in tech.We evaluate candidates based on skills and contributions, not pedigree. If you're unsure whether you qualify, apply anyway—imposter syndrome is reputed company and you might be exactly who we're looking for.We recognise that the combination of deep kernel expertise and consulting skills is rare. If you have strong kernel development experience and are newer to the consulting reputed company of the role, or vice versa, we want to hear from you. We can reputed company one if the other is solid.

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