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Technical Lead, ChromeOS Kernel

Location not specified · 10–83.3 yrs

Experience: 10–83.3 yrs
Salary: Not disclosed
Location: Location not specified
Work mode: Not specified
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Closing date not listed
Posted: 12 Jun 36

About this role

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
10 years of experience coding in C/C++, Linux Kernel, operating systems, debugging/trouble shooting
Experience in lower-level computer systems, computer architecture, and kernel development
Experience leading technical/engineering teams with people management

Preferred qualifications:

8 years of experience in leading and shipping features for large-scale commercial software, hardware, or consumer electronics
Experience in production kernel or OS development and debugging
Experience in Linux open-source community contributions and upstream
Experience with Linux kernel backports, branch management, platform/component specific
Experience with embedded systems, firmware, device driver development, and debugging

About The Job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

As a Senior Software Engineer for the ChromeOS Engineering team you will be responsible for the long-term health and stability of all ChromeOS platforms. The team’s mission is to deliver on the promise that customer’s ChromeOS devices will remain stable and secure for as long as they rely on them. You will work at the center of an organization wide initiative, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver new kernels and OS releases across platforms, upstream custom patches and reduce divergence and detect regressions, respond to feedback, debug and fix user-facing crashes and problems with new kernel releases, and even run kernel experiments live in the field.

Google is an engineering company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

Responsibilities

Develop and release new versions of ChromeOS. Deliver new kernel releases for mature platforms and devices.
Work with Linux to upstream features, fix bugs and crashes, and prevent regressions.
Develop and maintain infrastructure to enable and accelerate kernel rebase and upgrade projects.
Collaborate with other platform teams to triage and resolve issues. Address security issues to ensure user data remains secure and threats are mitigated.
Maintain release quality and user experience by addressing stability, performance, and compatibility issues.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Skills

Information Technology and Engineering