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Full Time Kernel Developer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Work on a small team of System Software and Linux Kernel Engineers to design, develop, and deploy ... The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below.

C# Developer

Redmond, WA · On-site

$55 - $74/hr

Job Title- C# Developer Location - Redmond, WA Full Time Role We are looking for a talented and ... While not mandatory, it would be advantageous if the candidate has experience with Semantic Kernel ...

Atleast 7-8 years of C/C++ development experience in embedded Linux environment low level kernel OS ... Job Status: Full Time Eligibility: GC & US Citizens Only Share the Profiles to mkonni(at ...

Atleast 7-8 years of C/C++ development experience in embedded Linux environment low level kernel OS ... Job Status: Full Time Eligibility: GC & US Citizens Only Share the Profiles to mkonni(at ...

... kernel OS subsystems Multi-threaded environment such as Linux* and ThreadX* or other RTOS ... Full Time Share the Profiles to mdanish(at)1stitsolutions.com Contact: 703-349-1004 Keep the ...

CA · On-site

$150K - $250K/yr

This role is for someone who is equally comfortable working in kernel-space C, analyzing ... FULL_TIME

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Posted 22 days ago


Job description

Job Title: Golang Developer / Senior Golang Developer / Lead Golang Developer
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Employment Type: Full Time
  • Design and implement low-latency services in Go for trading infrastructure and market data processing.
  • Build and optimize high-throughput data pipelines for real-time market data ingestion and order routing.
  • Develop lock-free / wait-free data structures and concurrency primitives for performance-critical paths.
  • Engineer systems with deterministic execution, minimizing latency variance and tail latency.
  • Design and maintain distributed coordination systems using consensus protocols (Raft/Paxos) where required.
  • Implement custom networking stacks or optimized RPC frameworks tailored for trading workloads.
  • Work closely with Linux internals:
    • Syscalls
    • CPU pinning
    • NUMA optimization
    • Kernel bypass techniques (e.g., DPDK, Solarflare Onload)
  • Optimize systems using:
    • perf, eBPF, flame graphs
    • Hardware counters and profiling tools
  • Debug production systems under live trading conditions, ensuring stability and performance.
  • Collaborate with quants and traders to align system behavior with strategy requirements.

Required Qualifications
  • 10+ years of experience in systems engineering or low-latency infrastructure
  • 8+ years of production experience with Golang
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Concurrency and synchronization
    • Memory models and allocation behavior
    • High-performance system design
  • Experience building real-time or low-latency systems (trading, networking, or similar domains)
  • Hands-on expertise with:
    • Lock-free programming
    • Atomic operations
    • Multithreaded system design
  • Strong knowledge of:
    • Linux internals and performance tuning
    • Networking (TCP/UDP, multicast, low-latency pipelines)
  • Experience with profiling and debugging tools
  • Exposure to high-frequency trading systems or market microstructure
  • Experience with:
    • Kernel bypass networking (DPDK, Solarflare)
    • RDMA / high-speed networking
  • Familiarity with:
    • Exchange protocols (FIX, binary feeds)
    • Market data normalization pipelines
  • Contributions to systems like:
    • Kubernetes
    • etcd
  • Experience optimizing systems for:
    • Cache locality
    • NUMA architecture
    • CPU microarchitecture behavior