Platform Core Systems Engineer (C/C++ | Linux Kernel)

Maxxd; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401(k)

Disability insured

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

SpaceXAI in Palo Alto and Seattle is seeking a Software Engineer - Platform Core (C++, C) to build and maintain the lean Linux-based OS that underpins our supercomputer network fabric. You will develop high-performance drivers and manage production deployment, reliability, and debugging.

Collaborating with hardware teams and external partners, you will help design the next generation of hardware and boot the OS and software stack on it, ensuring robust performance and secure operation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on systems programming experience in C or C++.
• Strong operating systems fundamentals (scheduling, memory management, I/O).
• Understanding of computer networking (host OS stack, switches/routers).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the lean, high-reliability Linux-based operating system underpinning our supercomputer network fabric.
• Write high-performance device drivers to maximize hardware capabilities.
• Manage deployment, operation, and debugging of our platform in production, including root-cause analysis.
• Develop and improve tools for observability and configuration management.
• Collaborate with hardware teams and partners to design and bring up OS and software on new hardware.

Skills

C/C++

Operating systems fundamentals

Networking

Communication skills

Tools

ftrace

perf

Wireshark

tcpdump

eBPF

gdb

Job description

SpaceXAI in Palo Alto and Seattle is seeking a Software Engineer - Platform Core (C++, C) to build and maintain the lean Linux-based OS that underpins our supercomputer network fabric. You will develop high-performance drivers and manage production deployment, reliability, and debugging.

Collaborating with hardware teams and external partners, you will help design the next generation of hardware and boot the OS and software stack on it, ensuring robust performance and secure operation.