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Senior Systems Software Engineer – Base OS, Kernel

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1993H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

15 days ago

Salary

$184K - $287.5K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishLinux

Job Description

• Drive the enablement of the NVIDIA Vera Superchip for enterprise customers • Act as a primary technical point of contact for Tier-1 customers • Solve complex kernel challenges unique to massive-scale deployments • Partner with Hardware and Firmware teams to lead the bring-up of new platforms • Design and implement fully automated test suites to validate kernel stability and performance • Look beyond the immediate result to anticipate future architectural challenges

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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