Sr. Linux Kernel Engineer, Amazon Linux

Amazon Linux is the operating system distribution on which Amazon AWS services and many enterprise customers run on. The Linux kernel provides the core functionality security boundaries and performance characteristics that allow our customers to make use of the latest EC2 and AWS functionality.

We are looking for a Senior Linux Kernel Engineer to join our Dresden based team. Kernel Development Engineers implement the teams technical direction in cooperation with the upstream Linux community. They dive into reported kernel issues and provide detailed analysis and changes that can be upstreamed. At the Senior level they doing so independently leading others while setting the quality bar and technical direction.

The baseline individual for this role will have demonstrated their ability to contribute to the Linux kernel along with development skills for tooling automation and Gen AI application. Knowledge in Linux kernel internals is required for this role. An understanding of and experience in contributing to open source projects is a plus.
Amazon Linux is a part of AWS Utility Computing (UC) which provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Key job responsibilities
- Provide secure stable performant Linux kernel builds for Amazon Linux.
- Diagnose performance regressions crashes and develop Linux kernel code fixes suitable for upstream
- Interact with the upstream Linux kernel community
- Plan design and develop new Kernel functionality as needed
- Over time mentor and hire engineers
- This role includes on-call responsibilities usually 12 hour daytime in partnership with the US based sister team.


About the team
The team maintains the Linux kernel for Amazon Linux a GNU/Linux distribution with significant usage in EC2 AWS products and internal infrastructure. It shares responsibility for the security of the components with a focuses on performance engineering and developing features that makes the kernel easier to consume.

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- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- A history of Linux kernel development low level device driver development or equivalent

- Knowledge of system performance memory management and parallel computing principles
- Experience with open source tools and resources

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