Amazon Systems Development Engineer Amazon Linux Kernel 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

771351330

The ideal individual for this role will be comfortable with the Linux Kernel and understand how to develop in languages such as C and Python in a Linux environment. Experience with Linux package management, version control systems, automated build processes, and software unit testing are a must. Knowledge in Linux kernel internals is beneficial for this role. An understanding of and experience in contributing to open source projects is a plus, as many of the activities include an upstream component.Key job responsibilities
- Development and maintain automation to help deliver secure, stable, and performant Linux kernel builds
- Diagnose Linux Kernel issues and deliver suitable mitigations
- Review code from peers and provide feedback
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- 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience troubleshooting in a Linux/Unix environment

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
- Experience building services using AWS products
- Previous work on Linux distributions, Linux Kernels, containers, deployment systems