Amazon Kernel Development Engineer Amazon Linux 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

1454612

The baseline individual for this role will be comfortable with the Linux Kernel and understand how to develop in languages such as C, Assembly and Python in a Linux environment. Experience with Linux package management, version control systems, automated build processes, and software unit testing are a must. Knowledge in Linux kernel internals is required for this role. An understanding of and experience in contributing to open source projects is a plus.
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- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Deep knowledge in Linux kernel internals

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Previous contributions to the Linux kernel