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Linux kernel expert

Cambridge
Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Ltd
Posted: 5 September
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Join to apply for the Linux Kernel Expert role at Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Ltd.

About Huawei Research And Development UK Limited

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have 207,000 employees and operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. Our vision is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.


Job Summary

The aim is to deliver solutions for our customers in a timely and maintainable form. That requires team members to be flexible in addressing critical problems, stretching from early stage research, architecture definition, standards engagement via PoC activities, to upstream kernel and related code. Understanding how to get things done in the upstream kernel is key to this role.


Key Responsibilities

* We are looking to recruit additional senior members for the team in the UK, with extensive existing experience of working in a relevant area and a desire to work closely with the open source community (existing experience is obviously great!).


Required

* Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously.
* Able to work efficiently in a multi-cultural, multi-site, multi-language and rapidly changing environment. This may involve managing small focused teams.
* Enthusiastic about working within the open source community and able to shine within that environment.
* Able to grasp end to end platform design and understand the relevance to low level components.
* An excellent communicator.
* Interested in getting their hands dirty when needed. The team does not separate the roles of architect from that of implementation. Both reviewing and writing of code are central parts of the role.
* Expertise in the Linux Kernel and/or QEMU.


Desired

* Expertise in core architecture and support for upcoming features, either ARM64 or other architectures (x86, MIPS, PPC, etc).
* Expertise in one or more major Linux kernel subsystems, e.g. Memory Management, Scheduling, KVM. (Need not be a subsystem we are focused on).
* Experience of other key aspects of the low-level stack, e.g. QEMU.
* Kernel spanning topics such as virtualization, OS hardening, system performance.
* Open source engagement / standard organization experience.
* BS/MS/BE in Computer Science or a similar subject with 6+ years of appropriate experience. Alternative career paths also considered.
* Right to work in the UK.
* Interested in driving external collaborations both with industry partners and academia.
* Experience of opensource maintainer or reviewer roles highly desirable.
* Experience of taking ownership of a problem driving through to completion.


What We Offer

* 33 days annual leave entitlement per year (including UK public holidays)
* Group Personal Pension
* Life insurance
* Private medical insurance
* Medical expense claim scheme
* Employee Assistance Program
* Cycle to work scheme
* Company sports club and social events
* Additional time off for learning and development


Seniority level

* Mid-Senior level


Employment type

* Full-time


Job function

* Information Technology
* Industries
* Telecommunications

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