KERNEL ENGINEER jobs in California

Member of Technical Staff, AMD GPU Performance Engineering

Hybrid in San Francisco, California

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Mindsource is seeking aAMD GPU Performance Engineer forone of our Direct Client . If interested, please drop your resume to akhil@mindsource.com About the Role We're looking for an AMD GPU performance engineer to make vLLM a first-class inference engine across the AMD accelerator ecosystem. You'll build and optimize AMD GPU backends, kernels, runtime paths, and benchmarking infrastructure using ROCm, HIP, Triton, CK, AITER, and related tooling so vLLM can deliver frontier inference performance

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Linux Kernel Software Engineer - Systems Engineering

Santa Clara, California

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Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform, closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, its first billion-dollar quarter, and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem. This type of work?work that changes the world?is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you\'re ready to seize the e

Full-time

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Senior Staff Linux Kernel Engineer

San Francisco, California

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Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack - from electrons to tokens - to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck.

Full-time

USD 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 per year

ML Runtime and Kernel Engineer - Core ML

Sunnyvale, California

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Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services. This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation. Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprise

Full-time

Triton Compiler and Kernel Software Engineer

San Jose, California

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ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world's most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. Whether you're designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger - technology that moves the world forward. Joi

Full-time

USD 178,500.00 per year

Staff Kernel Security Engineer

San Francisco, California

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Full-time

USD 215,000.00 - 260,000.00 per year

Senior GPU Kernel Development Engineer

San Jose, California

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Full-time

USD 170,100.00 per year

Linux Kernel & Virtualization Engineer

Santa Clara, California

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Full-time

USD 151,900.00 per year

Senior Kernel Engineer (remote)

Remote or Miami Gardens, Florida

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Senior Linux Kernel Software Engineer Build Security Where It Matters Most Join an elite engineering team developing next-generation cybersecurity technology that protects enterprise infrastructure from the inside out. We build security at the Linux kernel level, creating advanced defensive capabilities that stop sophisticated threats before they reach user space. If you enjoy solving complex operating system challenges, optimizing kernel performance, and developing technology that has a dire

Full-time

USD 180,000.00 - 250,000.00 per year

CoreOS Kernel Performance Engineer

Cupertino, California

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The CoreOS Kernel team within Apple's CoreOS organization is looking for an exceptional OS kernel performance engineer to push the boundary of performance on Apple Silicon platforms - from iOS to macOS, visionOS and beyond. If you have a passion for low-level programming, performance optimization, and working at the intersection of software and hardware, this is your opportunity to have a major impact on end-user experience across Apple's products. Description As part of the CoreOS Kernel engi

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Senior System Engineer - Core Kernel

Walnut Creek, California

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Senior System Engineer - Core Kernel ABOUT WIND RIVER Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey to

Full-time

USD 130,000.00 - 160,000.00 per year

Kernel Engineer - New Grad

Sunnyvale, California

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Full-time

Founding Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer / Kernel / Systems

Remote

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A consulting company is looking to bring on a Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer to be a founding engineer for a 4 year old startup with $1B valuation. Candidates must have worked in the cloud, and not just on the cloud. This company builds cloud computing GPUs for customers and are revolutionizing the GPU cloud computing landscape. Candidates must have a strong background in cyber security engineering and infrastructure/systems-level security engineering. Experience with Linux kernel intern

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Full-time

$160000 - $225000

Software Engineer 2 (Kernel Development)

San Jose, California

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Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart. The Opportunity Are you passionate about open-source technologies and have a deep understanding of kernel-level systems? If so, joining our team at Nutanix as a Member of Technical Staff - AHV offers the exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of an enterprise-grade hypervisor, working with cutting-edge technologies and making a significant impact on the advancement of our software solution. About the Team At Nutanix, you will be a part of the A

Full-time

USD 110,000.00 - 218,000.00 per year

Software Development Engineer in Test - Kernel Quality Engineering, Core OS

Cupertino, California

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The Darwin Kernel organization plays a vital role in Apple's success. We are responsible for the XNU kernel running at the heart of the operating systems deployed across all iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, Apple TV, and Vision devices. As a member of Darwin Kernel, you'll have the opportunity to qualify innovative kernel technologies that run on billions of devices worldwide. You'll be given the ownership and agency to influence the future direction of our products. As a member of the Darwin Kernel Qu

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Software Design Engineer - GPU Kernel Optimization

San Jose, California

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Full-time

USD 170,100.00 per year

Senior System Engineer - OS Kernel

Walnut Creek, California

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Senior System Engineer - OS Kernel Location: Walnut Creek, CA ABOUT WIND RIVER Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology chal

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#Windows Performance Engineer

San Diego, California

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Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering General Summary: ** This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship. ** Qualcomm is looking for a Windows Power/Performance Developer with passion for analyzing and optimizing software running on Windows on Snapdragon. Ideal candidate has background to understand and identify/implement software optimizations across multiple layers of Software, Windows Operating System

Full-time

USD 99,500.00 - 149,300.00 per year

Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist - Central Technology, Anti-Cheat

Los Angeles, California

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Anti-Cheat is Riot's first defense against cheaters that don't want to play fair. As a cross-discipline team of former cheaters, kernel developers, machine learning engineers, data analysts, and software engineers, they make products like Vanguard to detect and ban the bad guys across all of Riot's competitive titles and platforms, staying vigilant to whatever shape they'll take in response. From beaming bots to scorching scripters, anti-cheat enables Riot's game teams to take on competitive gen

Full-time

USD 229,200.00 - 319,500.00 per year

Windows Performance Engineer, Senior

San Diego, California

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Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering General Summary: Qualcomm is looking for an experienced Windows Power/Performance Developer with passion for analyzing and optimizing software running on Windows on Snapdragon. Ideal candidate has background to understand and identify/implement software optimizations across multiple layers of Software, Windows Operating System, Kernel, Compiler, Drivers, Assembly Language, CPU microarch

Full-time

USD 117,800.00 - 176,600.00 per year

KERNEL ENGINEER jobs in California, USA