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Senior Systems Software Engineer – Base OS, Kernel
Location
California
Posted
15 days ago
Salary
$184K - $287.5K / year
Job Description
Job Requirements
- BS/MS in Computer Science, EE, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of professional experience in Linux kernel development or low-level systems
- Expert-level C programming skills with a deep understanding of concurrency, locking primitives, and synchronization in large-scale NUMA systems
- Strong knowledge of core OS concepts: memory management (MMU/IOMMU), interrupt handling, and process scheduling at scale
- A "team-first" approach to engineering
- Critical Thinking: The ability to balance immediate delivery with long-term technical debt management and architectural vision.
Benefits
- equity
- benefits
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