Senior Linux Kernel Engineer for GPU Compute

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior systems software engineer to own substantial Linux kernel features and production issues from design through validation and deployment.

You will write and review low-level code, diagnose failures across hardware and software boundaries, and deliver measurable improvements in reliability, performance, security, and maintainability. You will influence designs and help other engineers succeed, while remaining directly accountable for implementation and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of operating-system fundamentals, including concurrency, memory management, scheduling, interrupts and I/O.
• 3+ years of professional experience in C, with working knowledge of C++ and scripting.
• Hands-on Linux kernel development or debugging in drivers, virtualization, networking, or core kernel infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ownership of production-quality software, including testing, code review, and incident diagnosis.
• Clear written and verbal communication across hardware and software disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Backport, design, implement, optimize, and maintain Linux kernel components and associated user-space interfaces for production compute platforms.
• Own complex features through requirements, design review, coding, integration, validation, rollout, and post-deployment support.
• Debug kernel crashes, hangs, race conditions, memory corruption, boot failures, performance regressions, and hardware/software interaction defects in production.
• Analyze traces, logs, crash dumps, performance counters, and workload behavior to identify root causes and verify corrective action.
• Improve observability and diagnostic tooling for field issues, and develop automated unit, integration, stress, fault-injection, and regression tests.
• Partner with silicon, firmware, security, validation, platform, and production teams to enable new hardware and resolve cross-layer defects.
• Contribute patches and upstream discussions when appropriate, maintaining downstream changes when not.
• Review designs and code, document operational constraints, and share kernel-debugging knowledge with the team.

Skills

C programming

C++

Scripting

Linux kernel development

Production-quality software ownership

Communication skills

Upstream contributions

Kernel tracing & debugging tools

Firmware interfaces / PCIe

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior systems software engineer to own substantial Linux kernel features and production issues from design through validation and deployment.

You will write and review low-level code, diagnose failures across hardware and software boundaries, and deliver measurable improvements in reliability, performance, security, and maintainability. You will influence designs and help other engineers succeed, while remaining directly accountable for implementation and