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Linux Kernel Engineer

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop, maintain, and optimize Linux kernels for Ubuntu across diverse platforms including embedded devices, cloud environments, and supercomputers, focusing on hardware enablement, security, and performance.

Role type

Linux Kernel Engineer (IC)

Builds

Production-ready Ubuntu Linux kernels, optimized kernel variants, and security primitives for a wide range of hardware and cloud partners.

Domain

Operating Systems / Embedded Systems / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

C programming, Linux kernel subsystems knowledge, kernel patching and debugging, device drivers, BSP engineering, git, Linux distribution experience (Debian/Ubuntu)

Preferred skills

Python scripting, Bash scripting, Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging, performance engineering, security experience

Technologies

Linux Kernel, Ubuntu, C, Git, Python, Bash, Ceph, DRBD, AppArmor, SECCOMP

Responsibilities

Collaborate with globally distributed teams and hardware manufacturers, diagnose and resolve kernel issues, improve delivery tooling and automation, submit and review kernel patches.

Seniority

All levels (Junior to Senior/Lead)

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