Senior ChromeOS Platform & Linux Kernel Engineer
Location : Remote ( only Texas or east coast candidates)
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1. ChromeOS Platform Engineering
C++ Systems Programming: Strong C++ background within complex, multi-million-line codebases (Chromium/ChromeOS tree), with emphasis on asynchronous I/O, IPC (DBMojo), and userland daemons.
OS Architecture & Build Tooling: Experience working with Portage/Gentoo-based build systems, board overlays, cross-compilation, and image deployment/flashing tools (e.g., custom board image builds, hot rod).
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2. Kernel & Hardware-Adjacent Debugging
Kernel Bug Triage & Patching: Demonstrated experience triaging and fixing Linux kernel bugs (specifically 5.10 / 5.15 LTS kernelsm etc.), interpreting syzbot/syzkaller crash reports, and submitting upstream or downstream patches.
Hardware/Peripheral Protocol Analysis: Experience executing hardware-adjacent triage using USB protocol analyzers, logic analyzers, and bus debugging tools for peripheral/device interop issues (u others).
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3. Engineering & Release Triage
P0/P1 Issue Triage: Proven track record in rapid P0/P1 regression triage, root-causing crash dumps/stack traces, and backporting critical stability fixes across release channels.