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Staff Linux Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, CA - US💼 Full-time💰 $215,000–$215,000🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Set technical direction for Crusoe's Linux kernel team, owning the roadmap and architecting critical development projects for AI infrastructure.

Role type

Staff Linux Kernel Engineer (Systems Infrastructure)

Builds

Production-ready Linux kernel infrastructure for GPU-accelerated AI and HPC workloads

Domain

AI Infrastructure / Low-level Systems / Linux Kernel

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Linux kernel internals, C programming, kernel security vulnerability analysis, technical direction, upstream contribution workflow, virtualization technologies

Preferred skills

Upstream Linux kernel contributions, GPU-related subsystems optimization, advanced virtualization (KVM, Xen, QEMU)

Technologies

Linux kernel, C, KVM, Xen, QEMU, DAMON

Responsibilities

Perform deep-dive root-cause analysis of OS and hardware issues, architect and lead critical kernel projects from design to production, develop and review kernel code for memory management/scheduler/networking/storage/GPU, design advanced virtualization for AI/HPC, mentor mid-level and junior engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership

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