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Senior Staff Linux Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, CA - US💼 Full-time💰 $250,000–$250,000🗓 2026-08-13 → 2026-09-26

Core

Set technical direction for Crusoe's Linux kernel team, owning the roadmap and architecting critical development projects for GPU-accelerated AI and HPC workloads.

Role type

Senior Staff Linux Kernel Engineer (Technical Lead)

Builds

Production-ready AI infrastructure stack (hypervisors, device emulation, kernel drivers)

Domain

AI Infrastructure / Low-level Systems / Linux Kernel

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Linux kernel internals, virtualization technologies (KVM, Xen, QEMU), C programming, systems programming (Go, Rust, Python), CI/CD automation, root-cause analysis, CVE triage and backporting

Preferred skills

GPU/TPU accelerator familiarity (CUDA, ROCm), high-performance networking (InfiniBand, RoCE), HPC workload tuning

Responsibilities

Design and implement advanced virtualization technologies for GPU-accelerated AI/HPC; Develop and maintain upstream-first kernel code and device drivers; Perform deep-dive root-cause analysis and lead CVE triage/backporting; Lead and grow a high-performing systems team through mentorship and code reviews

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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