Linux Kernel/KVM Developer

Our client, a leading financial services company is hiring a Linux Kernel/KVM Developer on a long-term contract basis.
Job ID 79973

Work Location:
Poughkeepsie, NY; Austin, TX and Research Triangle Park, NC
Summary:
Our Linux development team is responsible for enhancing the Linux kernel including its device drivers, libraries, tools, compilers, debuggers, virtualization (KVM) and test automation (CI/CD). We tightly collaborate with the international development teams (e.g. hardware and firmware development), the global maintainers of Open-Source communities, and our Linux distribution partners (Red Hat, SUSE, Canonical). Our focus is on the support of the architecture, e.g. new processor instructions, new I/O attachments (PCIe, NVMe, Ethernet, RDMA etc.) and accelerators for AI and cryptographic functions. Linux forms the basis of many commercial solutions in Cloud, Analytics, Finance, and AI. As a key member of our dynamic team, you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will comprise of design and specifications for new enhancements, coding, test automation, problem determination and bug fixing, performance analysis, submitting your code to upstream community repositories, and solving client problems. Your attendance at Open-Source community meetings is recommended and supported, and client facing activities (e.g. client support, providing lectures conferences) are possible. You will closely interact with the respective Open-Source communities ("upstream integration" of your code) and our distribution partners (Red Hat, SUSE, Canonical).
Required Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in Open-Source development in one or more areas of KVM, Linux kernel, QEMU, Libvirt, Virtio, Vfio.
• 2+ years of experience in low-level/assembler development (preferably on non-x86 architectures).
• 2+ years of experience in operating systems and virtualization/hypervisor development.
• Expert skills in operating systems internals (e.g. memory management & task scheduling, interrupts, device drivers).
• Expert skills in source code repository systems (e.g. git), scripting languages (e.g. Python) and test Automation (e.g. Jenkins) skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Contributions to Open-Source projects or Open-Source maintainer status (for multiple years).
• Skills in virtualization and emulation (e.g. qemu TCG) technologies.
• Skills in current I/O technologies (e.g. PCI, NVMe, RDMA).
• You are highly motivated.
• Demonstrated communication skills.

Pay: $165k salary

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