Senior Software Engineer, Linux Distros/Platforms

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As a Senior Software Engineer, you will drive the design and implementation of our software distributions and build infrastructure to support open-source, scalable solutions. This central role focuses on enabling our development teams to provide scalable open-source solutions for our products. Be part of a dynamic team leading upstreaming efforts across Qualcomm chipset solutions, with a focus on the community and collaboration with internal and external developers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate within the team and across teams to design, develop, and release our software, tooling, and practices to meet community standards and internal and external requirements.
• Bring up platform solutions across the Qualcomm chipset portfolio.
• Triage software build, tooling, packaging, functional, or stability failures.
• Guide and support development teams inside and outside the Linux organization, focusing on Linux userspace software functionality, integration, and maintenance.
• Work with development and product teams as necessary for issue resolution.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

• Strong background in Computer Science and software fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of C, C++, and proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Python, etc.).
• Experience using git/gerrit.
• Strong understanding of the Linux kernel, configuration techniques like ACPI and device tree, system services, and various components that make up a Linux distribution.
• Experience with Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, Yocto, etc.
• Familiarity with package managers and their workings is crucial.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools.
• Proven ability and interest in debugging complex compute and data center systems.
• Strong ability to solve problems in a non-linear fashion.
• Quick learner; able to grasp concepts with only basic training and the initiative to ask questions and investigate new areas and concepts as needed.
• Prior experience with Qualcomm software platforms is a plus.
• Mature interpersonal skills with an ability to collaboratively work within the team and with many varied teams to resolve problems spanning many disciplines.
• Proven ability to work in a dynamic, multi-tasked environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

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