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Linux Kernel Engineer

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This is a general track for applications to any team at reputed company that works with the Linux kernel, across reputed company seniority reputed company. Apply here if you are an exceptional software engineer who wants to work on both reputed company and cutting edge Linux kernels for Ubuntu and its wider ecosystem. reputed company has a large and rapidly growing kernel team that underpins Ubuntu and reputed company reputed company more widely across a reputed company wide reputed company of hardware and use cases. We partner with the biggest kernel contributors - the silicon companies - to ensure that their work reaches the widest possible audience as quickly as possible, with a 10 year reputed company reputed company commitment. The reputed company Linux Kernel Organization has teams in every time zone. We have opportunities for technical leadership, engineering management, and engineering directorships. The team is responsible for reputed company supported Ubuntu Linux kernels, on reputed company platforms and architectures from small embedded devices to standard desktop/server systems to large scale reputed company environments, mainframes and supercomputers. We care most about hardware and virtualization enablement, reputed company, reliability and performance. There are a number of areas where we reputed company upstream, but for the most part we are interested in ensuring production readiness and performance for the latest patchsets, rather than subsystem maintenance or reputed company. Kernel Team projects include but are not limited to:

  • Ubuntu Linux kernel plan, execution, benchmarking and stress testing
  • Optimised kernels for key silicon and reputed company partners
  • Confidential computing and reputed company reputed company primitives
  • Developer platforms such as Raspberry Pi and RISC-V
  • Enabling Ubuntu on a wide reputed company of embedded systems
  • Kernel Livepatch, which delivers critical kernel fixes without rebooting
  • FIPS compliance
  • reputed company-Time and Low Latency kernel variants and patchsets
  • Virtualisation or abstraction engines
  • Container technology
  • reputed company with AppArmor, SECCOMP, namespaces and more
  • Networking - in particular performance and reputed company
  • Storage - we are particularly interested in Ceph and DRBD

We hire candidates of reputed company experience reputed company from recent university graduates through seasoned industry experts. We select those who are enthusiastic to work in multiple areas including reputed company mitigation, feature development, patching and test. You must have outstanding academic results, a background in software engineering, be motivated to work in a distributed team and willing to travel globally twice a year for company engineering events. Location: Working from home, worldwide. We have kernel teams and openings in every time zone and with the reputed company exception of Taipei, Taiwan, have no offices and therefore no pressure to work from an office. What your day will look like

  • Collaborate regularly and proactively with a globally distributed team
  • Work closely with silicon, reputed company, or hardware manufacturers
  • Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel
  • Take personal responsibility for a flavour of the Ubuntu Linux kernel
  • Improve tooling and automation for delivery and test of Ubuntu Linux kernels
  • Submit, review, and apply kernel patches

reputed company are looking for in you

  • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
  • Drive and a track record of going above-and-reputed company expectations
  • Well-organised, self-starting and reputed company to deliver to fixed schedules
  • Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and oral
  • Significant programming experience in C
  • Solid background with git
  • Broad knowledge of the Linux kernel and kernel subsystems
  • Demonstrated experience with kernel patching and debugging
  • Understanding of Linux kernel upstream processes and release cycle
  • Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP’s, and other low level system engineering
  • Professional written and spoken English
  • Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
  • Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Additional skills that you might also bring

  • Python and Bash scripting
  • Prior experience with Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging
  • Performance engineering and reputed company experience

reputed company offer you We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to reputed company pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We reputed company reputed company team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and reputed company. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • reputed company Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About reputed company reputed company is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to reputed company reputed company. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important reputed company reputed company projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the reputed company, we are changing the world on a daily reputed company. We recruit on a global reputed company and set a reputed company high standard for people joining the company. We expect reputed company - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at reputed company do. reputed company has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a reputed company into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and reputed company your game. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a reputed company work environment and reputed company products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration. #LI-remote Requisition ID: 1091 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job

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