Linux Kernel Engineering Team Lead

5 days ago


San Jose, California, United States ZipRecruiter Full time

Job Title: Linux Kernel Engineering Team Lead

Salary: Estimated $140,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on location and experience.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Linux kernel engineering team lead to join our team at Canonical. As a team lead, you will be responsible for leading a distributed team of engineers in your time zone, developing them through coaching, mentoring, and feedback, and supporting timely delivery of core and specialized Ubuntu kernels.

You will oversee commercial engagements that require custom kernel engineering and ensure ongoing commitment to strict quality and reliability standards. You will also engage with other teams at Canonical, the open source community, and commercial partners, working from home with travel globally 2-3 times a year for up to two weeks, for internal and external engineering events.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone
  • Develop team members through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
  • Support timely delivery of core and specialized Ubuntu kernels
  • Oversee commercial engagements that require custom kernel engineering
  • Ensure ongoing commitment to strict quality and reliability standards
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other languages also highly regarded. You will have substantial experience with Linux kernel internals and concepts, as well as a solid understanding of Linux kernel development principles.

You will have demonstrated experience managing or leading a team of software engineers, contributed to an open source project in the past, and have an understanding of agile software development methodologies.

Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and oral, is essential.



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