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Principal Systems Engineer: Linux Kernel

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $140,000–$140,000🗓 2026-10-01

Core

Own core components of test and validation for Linux kernel development, focusing on measurement, optimization, and reliability of AI+HPC cluster infrastructure.

Role type

Principal Systems Engineer (Linux Kernel)

Builds

Automated GPU checkpointing infrastructure for AI and HPC clusters

Domain

AI/High-Performance Computing, Linux Kernel, Operating Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Linux kernel development, performance engineering, automated test infrastructure design, systems-level debugging, design documentation, technical mentorship

Preferred skills

Real-time Linux (PREEMPT_RT), device virtualization (VFIO, vGPU), container networking (CNI, OVN-Kubernetes), upstream kernel contributions, Telco/5G/NFV domain knowledge

Technologies

Linux kernel, eBPF, perf, ftrace, CRIU, QEMU, KVM, RHEL, Kubernetes, SLURM, NVIDIA Dynamo

Responsibilities

Validate and test automation for kernel development, measure and optimize platform performance, design and implement key system components, educate team on technical concepts

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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