Linux Software Build and Packaging Engineer
Linux Software Build and Packaging Engineer
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Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories graphics processors motherboard chip sets and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.
Position: Linux Software Build and Packaging Engineer
Location: Markham ON
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
THE ROLE:
- Client is looking for a software engineer to join our Linux Build and Packaging team.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting build packaging and installation of Client Linux kernel and usermode stacks for different Linux distributions along with some exposure to support enhancement improving efficiency and feature development of the Client Linux Driver build and packaging ecosystem.
- You will be a member of the core team of incredibly talented and highly motivated industry specialists and will work with the very latest graphics and compute hardware and software technology.
THE PERSON:
- The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution.
- Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across Client as well as with open source community and distribution partners.
- Successful candidates will utilise their knowledge of Linux application development Linux systems administration and packaging for Linux distributions to become key contributors to the ongoing development of Client GPU drivers for current and future hardware.
- Ideal candidates are passionate about Linux and open source are self-motivated have exceptional problem-solving skills will thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a proven ability to collaborate within and across diverse teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Active participation in supporting and developing build and packaging solutions of the Client Linux driver stack for major mainstream and custom Linux distributions
- Communication with open source community and distribution partners
- Active involvement into collaborative design and implementation of solutions based on open source and industry standards
- Participation in maintaining the build packaging installation and publishing ecosystem of the Client linux driver stack
- Investigation triaging analysis and resolution of issues as reported by customers and QA
- Designing and implementing solutions that improve quality and efficiency of the build and packaging infrastructure
- Staying informed on trends and innovations in Linux kernel Linux distributions and open source ecosystems
- Debugging and fixing existing issues while researching alternative and more efficient ways to accomplish the better results
- Developing efficient technical relationships with peers and partners
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Experience writing clean well tested maintable code in an enterprise organization and/or in well established open-source community environment
- Experience with the full software development life cycle
- Experience delivering production quality software engineering solutions on schedule
- Familiarity with C and C programming with Bash and Python scripting skills being a strong plus (experience with Rust is considered to be a good add-on)
- Extensive experience with Linux software development and tooling (bash gcc make cmake autotools etc.) with Linux system administration and networking skills being a strong plus
- Extensive experience with multiple Linux distributions and multiple package managers (rpm dpkg apt yum dnf zypper etc.) with working knowledge of building and packaging custom Linux kernels being a strong plus
- Experience working with one or more of the following APIs is extremely desirable: OpenGL Vulkan OpenCL ROCm Linux kernel user space and kernel space APIs DKMS
- Experience with source code control systems with knowledge of git and gerrit being a strong plus
- Familiarity with Linux hypervisors such as KVM
- Familiarity with CI/CD and container technologies
- Exposure to working with open source community as it relates to packaging according to distribution requirements
- Excellent analytical debugging and trouble-shooting skills
- Effective organisational communication and problem-solving skills
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelors (or greater) in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or similar program with a focus on Software Engineering covering at least the following topics:
- Object-oriented programming
- Computer and software architecture
- Operating systems
- Parallel and asynchronous processing
- Software performance analysis and optimization
- Introduction into computer hardware architechture
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Employment Type
Full Time
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