Linux Kernel

Crusoe

San Francisco, CA · $185,000 – $224,000

Lead the design and optimization of Software Defined Networking infrastructure at an AI compute company, working with kernel bypass technologies and network accelerators. This role suits experienced systems engineers who want to drive architectural decisions on high-performance networking at scale.

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Anyscale

San Francisco, CA · $200,000 – $240,000 · Remote

Anyscale seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to build and maintain the control and data plane infrastructure powering their Ray-based distributed AI platform. This role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native systems, and distributed computing who wants to tackle large-scale infrastructure challenges.

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Arrow Electronics

Full-time · North Billerica, MA

This role involves developing and optimizing embedded Linux systems on Qualcomm QCS platforms, with a focus on board bring-up, kernel customization, and hardware-software integration. It's suited for experienced embedded engineers who are comfortable with low-level debugging and have strong C/C++ skills.

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Accenture

This role involves architecting and implementing virtual platform solutions for automotive software development, integrating multiple operating systems and simulation environments into a unified developer ecosystem. It suits experienced embedded systems engineers with deep knowledge of virtualization technologies and automotive software stacks who can lead complex multi-domain integration efforts.

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NVIDIA

Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $168,000 – $322,000

This role manages deep technical relationships between NVIDIA's software teams and hyperscale cloud providers deploying next-generation datacenter systems, requiring you to bridge customer requirements with internal engineering priorities. It suits experienced systems software leaders or engineering managers who have shipped datacenter platforms and can earn trust with senior customer engineering teams.

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Boeing

Full-time · El Segundo, CA · $106,250 – $232,300

This role designs low-level firmware and device drivers for next-generation space-based computers, working with ARM processors and real-time operating systems. It suits experienced embedded software engineers comfortable with kernel development, hardware abstraction, and cross-functional collaboration with electronics teams.

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CrowdStrike

Full-time · $120,000 – $180,000

This role involves researching and building detection systems for malicious Linux activity, then implementing them as production sensor code. It suits engineers with deep Linux OS knowledge and either security expertise or strong C/C++ development skills who want to work on large-scale endpoint protection infrastructure.

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NIO

Full-time · San Jose, CA · $163,500 – $212,400

A senior systems engineer role developing NIO's in-house hypervisor and kernel software for electric vehicle platforms, requiring deep expertise in low-level system optimization and automotive real-time computing. This position suits experienced kernel or embedded systems engineers who want hands-on work spanning architecture design through production deployment on safety-critical vehicle systems.

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Broadcom Inc.

San Jose, CA · $143,800 – $230,000

This role develops RDMA protocol features and firmware for high-performance Ethernet network interface cards serving AI and HPC applications. It's suited for experienced systems engineers comfortable with low-level Linux kernel networking, protocol implementation, and cross-functional collaboration with hardware and QA teams.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $181,000 – $271,000

This role focuses on building a fault-tolerant storage platform for a space-based data center, handling custom Linux kernel drivers, ZFS pool architecture, and automated recovery systems that must survive years of radiation exposure in orbit. It suits experienced kernel engineers who combine deep storage systems knowledge with the ability to design and validate hardware-adjacent software for mission-critical environments.

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