Systems Engineer - Linux Kernel & Virtualization
Anodize · San Francisco or Los Altos, CA
Posted 26 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 26 days Anodize's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Anodize's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Anodize
- high 3 stale, 0 reposted of 5 open
- Hiring momentum
- 6 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
The Systems Engineer role focuses on building, optimizing, and maintaining the virtualization and kernel stack for a new personal computing platform. Responsibilities include designing and implementing features for host and guest operating systems, engaging with the open-source community to submit kernel patches, and optimizing performance by addressing bottlenecks in virtualization. The role also involves tracking and applying cutting-edge research to improve system performance.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Proven track record in Linux kernel development
- Deep expertise in the virtualization stack (KVM) or memory management
- Practical experience navigating Linux kernel mailing lists
- History of proposing, debating, and upstreaming meaningful patches
- Strong software development skills in C, Rust, Make, and associated systems toolchains
- Strong ability to profile, benchmark, and debug complex virtualization workloads
Nice to have
- Active maintainer or contributor status in core open-source virtualization projects
- Deep familiarity with the Linux memory management subsystem, virtual memory, and paging architecture
- Prior experience translating academic systems research into upstreamable mainline features
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves deep technical ownership and engagement with the open-source community
- Focus on performance optimization may require dealing with complex and nested systems issues
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Listed by Anodize on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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