Posted 8 days ago
Operating System Kernel Engineer
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Designs, builds and brings up host operating system software for Oxide computers, writing kernel and systems code in C, Rust and assembly. Works close to real hardware and contributes to security, resiliency and code review.
About this role
Work with a helpful and experienced team to design, build, and bring up host system software on current and future Oxide computers
Read and write code in C (for the operating system writ large), in Rust (for for some in-kernel components and for higher-level services), and/or microprocessor assembly. All the code you write will be open source.
Grow and apply your understanding of microprocessors, through deep familiarity with available documentation, interacting directly with real hardware, and producing your own documents where the vendor’s fall short
Contribute to the security and resiliency of the system by designing for failure from the ground up
Participate in a rigorous code review process and help your colleagues maintain our software in a production-ready state at all times
Apply a customer-centric view to the development of new end-to-end features and functions and help realize them across the stack
Contribute to the design of new Oxide hardware and software components elsewhere in the stack
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