Senior Linux Kernel Engineer - Remote & Flexible

BraverIT; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working mode

International environment

Job summary

BraverIT in Kraków is seeking a Senior Linux Kernel Developer to join our kernel-focused team. You will analyze vulnerabilities, triage issues, and develop patches within defined SLAs, while digging into crashes and memory corruption.

You will review AI-generated patches, annotate technically, and ensure fixes avoid regressions, collaborating with the Kernel Security Lead to improve triage workflows. This role offers a remote-friendly, flexible working mode.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of hands-on Linux kernel development or low-level systems engineering.
• Strong C programming skills with debugging and memory analysis.
• Proven experience debugging kernel crashes, deadlocks, race conditions, memory corruption.
• Deep understanding of Linux kernel internals and subsystems.
• Hands-on experience with kernel debugging tools: crash, ftrace, perf, sanitizers, GDB.
• Experience contributing patches and knowledge of kernel.org conventions is a plus.
• Strong English writing skills for technical documentation and patch annotation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and triage Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (validity, impact, complexity).
• Develop and validate Kernel patches within defined Time-to-Patch SLAs.
• Perform root cause analysis of Kernel crashes, deadlocks, and memory corruption issues.
• Review and validate AI-generated Kernel patches, providing structured technical annotations.
• Ensure fixes prevent regressions and meet CI/CD quality checks.
• Collaborate with the Kernel Security Lead and team to improve triage and patch workflows.

Skills

Linux kernel development

C programming

Kernel debugging

Memory analysis

Root cause analysis

Tools

crash

ftrace

perf

sanitizers

GDB

Job description

BraverIT in Kraków is seeking a Senior Linux Kernel Developer to join our kernel-focused team. You will analyze vulnerabilities, triage issues, and develop patches within defined SLAs, while digging into crashes and memory corruption.

You will review AI-generated patches, annotate technically, and ensure fixes avoid regressions, collaborating with the Kernel Security Lead to improve triage workflows. This role offers a remote-friendly, flexible working mode.