Android BSP Development Engineer

Job Title: Senior Linux Kernel Engineer

Experience: 5–10 Years

Location: Bangalore / Chennai

Domain: Enterprise Linux / Kernel Development

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Linux Kernel Engineer with deep expertise in kernel development, debugging, and performance optimization. The role involves working on enterprise-grade Linux distributions, kernel lifecycle management, security patching, and low-level hardware integration.

Key Responsibilities

1. Kernel Lifecycle & Maintenance

• Lead kernel upgrade strategies (e.g., LTS migrations such as 5.15 → 6.x) while ensuring stability and compatibility.
• Perform patch porting across kernel versions, resolving API and dependency conflicts.
• Track and mitigate security vulnerabilities by monitoring CVEs and upstream sources (e.g., LKML).
• Backport critical fixes to production kernels without impacting system stability.

2. Debugging & System Stability

• Act as an escalation point for kernel panics and system crashes.
• Perform post-mortem analysis using kdump, crash, and gdb.
• Debug early boot issues (UEFI, initramfs, kernel initialization).
• Conduct performance analysis using eBPF, ftrace, and perf to optimize system behavior.

3. Driver Development & Hardware Integration

• Design, develop, and maintain device drivers (network, storage, GPU, or character devices).
• Work closely with hardware through DMA, interrupts (MSI-X), and register-level programming.
• Maintain out-of-tree drivers using DKMS or similar frameworks.
• Ensure compatibility of drivers across kernel updates.

Required Technical Skills

• Programming: Strong expertise in C (mandatory) and C++
• Kernel Internals: Deep understanding of:
• Virtual File System (VFS)
• Memory Management (MMU, Paging)
• Process Scheduler
• Linux Networking Stack
• Debugging Tools:
• kdump, crash, gdb
• kprobes, trace-cmd, ftrace
• perf, valgrind
• Hardware debugging tools (JTAG, Serial Console)
• Build Systems:
• Kbuild, Makefiles
• Kernel packaging (RPM/Debian)
• Security:
• Experience with CVE patching and backporting
• Knowledge of SELinux/AppArmor
• Kernel hardening (FIPS, KSPP)

Preferred Skills

• Experience contributing to open-source kernel projects
• Familiarity with Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) workflows
• Exposure to enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE)
• Experience with performance tuning and system optimization at scale

1. Core Programming (C Language)

• Must have strong hands-on experience in C programming
• Comfortable with pointers, memory management, and low-level concepts

2. Kernel Internals Expertise

• Should have worked in at least one subsystem:
• VFS / File Systems
• Memory Management
• Scheduler / Networking

3. Debugging & Crash Analysis

• Experience handling kernel panics
• Hands-on with vmcore analysis tools

4. Security & Patching

• Understanding of CVE fixes and backporting

5. Driver Development

• Experience in writing or maintaining device drivers

6. Performance & Advanced Debugging

• Exposure to eBPF, ftrace, perf

7. Hardware-Level Understanding

• Knowledge of DMA, interrupts, hardware interaction

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and in collaborative environments
• Quick learner with adaptability to new technologies

CodeCraft Technologies is a multi-award-winning creative engineering company offering design and technology solutions on mobile, web, and cloud platforms.

We are looking for an ambitious Xamarin developer to join our team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work with product owners and engineering managers to understand the product roadmap.

• Designing and building advanced mobile features and Custom UI.

• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

• Keep the app stable and secure all the time.

• Continuously discovering, evaluating, and implementing new technologies and processes to maximize development efficiency.

• Comprehensively testing code for robustness including edge cases, usability and general reliability.

• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.

• Communicate with the project manager regarding the status of the project and suggest appropriate deadlines for new functionalities.

• Resolve all the bugs reported by the QA team in a timely manner.

Desired Profile:

• Must Have Skills: Xamarin, MAUI, C# .NET

• Other Skills: Flutter & Dart and/or Java/Kotlin and/or Swift/ Swift UI

Good to Have:

• .NET Certification

• Native (iOS and Android) development Experience.

About the company and work culture:

You will love working with CodeCraft ☺

● Our projects are fast-paced. Everyone is expected to take ownership of the work assigned and are accountable for the same.

● We love to work with people who are proactive, Solution providers and are contributing positively.

● The office has an open culture.

● We encourage leadership development.

● We have good long-term benefits, a yearly vacation, and good opportunities to learn new skills and grow.

● We have worked with the #1 Sports stadium in the world and developed solutions used by NFL, NBA, and Soccer teams.

● We are currently working with clients on the Forbes list USA. One of them is the youngest RE billionaire in the USA.

● Our clients include a few Fortune companies.

● We have developed solutions featured by Apple and Microsoft.

● We won all the entries sent to design awards including a few Indian and International design awards.

● We are working with one of the 50 largest employers in NYC in the healthcare domain.

● We are working with both emerging and very successful start-ups globally.

Design Awards:

● India's Best Design Project Award, IBDA 2018. The jury was from 11 countries. We had 2 entries and won both.

● 11th International Design Awards, LA. There were 3200 entries from 95 countries. We won Silver in design for the Society Category.

● India's Best Design Project Award, IBDA 2017. The jury was from 10 countries.

● Finalist at Design4India- NASSCOM event.

Our business spread last year was:

• USA (95%)

• UK, India, New Zealand and Germany (2%)

Visit us on:

https://www.codecrafttech.com/

LinkedIn - https://tr.linkedin.com/company/codecraft-technologies-private-limited

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/codecrafttech/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CodeCraft/

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• Capability to implement core technical functionality as per functional requirements of the solution
• Strong knowledge of data structures, concurrency control, objected oriented design and development (OOA& OOD)
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