# Senior Staff Linux Kernel Engineer

Hiring organization: [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d018cc21-9ea0-4173-95c6-4403bd8115aa

Listed on Crusoe's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 250000 – 300000 USD per year

## Summary

Crusoe is seeking a senior kernel engineer to set technical direction for their Linux kernel team, architecting critical infrastructure projects and mentoring engineers while balancing hands-on coding with high-level design. This role suits experienced systems engineers who thrive on complex kernel problems, upstream contributions, and building production infrastructure at scale.

_Our summary, not Crusoe's wording._

## Skills named

Linux Kernel, Memory Management, Networking

## Required

- Deep knowledge of Linux kernel internals (memory management, scheduler, networking, storage)
- Strong C programming skills and kernel development workflow experience
- Ability to evaluate kernel security vulnerabilities and perform CVE analysis
- Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and drive projects end-to-end
- 10+ years of systems software engineering on low-level systems or infrastructure

## Nice to have

- Track record of upstream Linux kernel contributions
- Deep knowledge of virtualization technologies (KVM, Xen, QEMU)

Apply on Crusoe's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Crusoe/783c32fd-a710-4320-a839-7d81513c2d0e/application