# Linux Kernel Engineer, Amazon Linux

Amazon Linux is the operating system distribution on which Amazon, AWS services and many enterprise customers run on. The Linux kernel provides the core functionality, security boundaries, and performance characteristics that allow our customers to make use of the latest EC2 and AWS functionality. We are looking for a Linux Kernel Engineer to join our Dresden based team. Kernel Development Engineers implement the team's technical direction in cooperation with the upstream Linux community. They dive into reported kernel issues and provide detailed analysis and changes that can be upstreamed. At the Senior level they doing so independently, leading others while setting the quality bar and technical direction. The baseline individual for this role will have demonstrated their ability to contribute to the Linux kernel, along with development skills for tooling, automation and Gen AI application. Knowledge in Linux kernel internals is required for this role. An understanding of and experience in contributing to open source projects is a plus. Amazon Linux is a part of AWS Utility Computing (UC) which provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Stora

- **Id**: 3962152
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-linux-kernel-engineer-amazon-linux>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dresden, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T12:13:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 13
- **Description format**: text
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4480
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.885
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Amazon EC2** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 13

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T12:13:02Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 73
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.812
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 13
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T14:12:02Z

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