Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Active participation in supporting and developing build and packaging solutions of the client Linux driver stack for major mainstream and custom Linux distributions
Communication with open source community and distribution partners
Active involvement into collaborative design and implementation of solutions based on open source and industry standards
Participation in maintaining the build, packaging, installation and publishing ecosystem of the client linux driver stack
Investigation, triaging, analysis and resolution of issues as reported by customers and QA
Designing and implementing solutions that improve quality and efficiency of the build and packaging infrastructure
Staying informed on trends and innovations in Linux kernel, Linux distributions and open source ecosystems
Debugging and fixing existing issues while researching alternative and more efficient ways to accomplish the better results
Developing efficient technical relationships with peers and partners

Preferred Experience:

Experience writing clean, well tested, maintainable code in an enterprise organization and/or in well established open-source community environment
Experience with the full software development life cycle
Experience delivering production quality software engineering solutions on schedule
Familiarity with C and C++ programming, with Bash and Python scripting skills being a strong plus (experience with Rust is considered to be a good add-on)
Extensive experience with Linux software development and tooling (bash, gcc, make, cmake, autotools, etc.), with Linux system administration and networking skills being a strong plus.
Extensive experience with multiple Linux distributions and multiple package managers (rpm, dpkg, apt, yum, dnf, zypper, etc.), with working knowledge of building and packaging custom Linux kernels being a strong plus
Experience working with one or more of the following APIs is extremely desirable: OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenCL, ROCm, Linux kernel user space and kernel space APIs, DKMS.
Experience with source code control systems, with knowledge of git and gerrit being a strong plus.
Familiarity with Linux hypervisors such as KVM.
Familiarity with CI/CD and container technologies.
Exposure to working with open source community, as it relates to packaging according to distribution requirements.
Excellent analytical, debugging and trouble-shooting skills.
Effective organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.

Education And Academic Credentials:

Bachelors (or greater) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar program with a focus on Software Engineering covering at least the following topics:
Object-oriented programming.
Computer and software architecture.
Operating systems.
Parallel and asynchronous processing.
Software performance analysis and optimization.
Introduction into computer hardware architecture.