LinkedIn · 1 day ago
Senior Staff Engineer, Linux Kernel
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $297K/yr
5+ years expLinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, focused on creating economic opportunities for its members. They are seeking a Senior Staff Linux OS Engineer to define and drive the long-term strategy for the Linux operating system and kernel, while developing and maintaining custom Linux kernel and operating system images for large-scale production environments.
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Responsibilities
Ownership for Linux kernel builds, maintenance and troubleshooting
Interaction/Collaboration within the Linux community at large, as well as with the Microsoft Linux team
Develop Road map and Pipelines for Custom Kernel Images for Linkedin Applications by working with Development/SRE Teams (Espresso/Kafka/Liquid/Search/AI and ML)
Influence adoption of Modernized Kernel within Linkedin along with educating and influencing application development to adopt new capabilities within the kernel for extensive workload applications
Collaborate with Other Senior Engineering IC’s to optimize tuning for Application performance from the Kernel perspective. Identify what Kernel instrumentation would help with tuning and forensics
Act as a domain expert to Influence technology decisions
Work with Security to monitor and identify Kernel bugs/vulnerabilities and come up with fixes and deployment solutions
Qualification
Required
BA/BS Degree in Computer Science OR related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years' experience in software design, development
5+ years of experience in an architect or leadership position
5+ years of experience working as a Kernel Developer/Maintainer for Small to Large Scale Organization
Preferred
BS and 10+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 8+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 6+ years of relevant work experience
7+ years of experience working in Open Source Software
5+ Experience in Developing Security/Bug Fixes for Kernel
5+ Cloud/Virtualization/Container Experience
Recognized expert/specialist by the Linux Kernel community
Benefits
Generous health and wellness programs
Annual performance bonus
Stock
Benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans
Company
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create business connections, search for jobs, and find potential clients. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$154.8MKey Investors
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2016-06-13Acquired
2016-02-15Private Equity
2014-04-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
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Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Operating Officer
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