Linux Software Developer for AI Accelerator Full-time

Your Role and Responsibilities
Are you interested in AI and operating systems development? Do you like low-level programming and diving into the depths of a Linux system? Would you like to work on the open source software stack which drives today’s raise of AI in every industry? If so, our team is the right place for you!
Our Linux development team is responsible for enhancing and maintaining the full stack (Linux kernel and its device drivers, libraries, tools, compilers, debuggers, virtualization (KVM) and test automation & CI/CD). We tightly collaborate with the international development teams of IBM (e.g. hardware and firmware development), the global maintainers of open source communities and our Linux distribution partners (Red Hat, SUSE, Canonical). Our focus is on the support of the IBM Z / LinuxONE architecture, e.g. new processor instructions, new I/O attachments (PCIe, NVMe, Ethernet, RDMA etc.) and accelerators for cryptographic functions. Linux on IBM Z / LinuxONE forms the basis of many of IBM’s commercial solutions in Cloud, Analytics and AI.

What you will do:

• Your work will focus on the exploitation of the unique AI hardware acceleration features of the IBM Z platform. This will include additions to low-level code in the Linux operating system, that interacts directly with the accelerator hardware.
• You will also work on enabling standard AI open source frameworks like PyTorch. With your focus being development work, you will also be responsible for validating functionality, handling problem determination, bug fixing, and solving client problems.
• Your attendance at open source community meetings is recommended and supported and client facing activities (e.g. client support, providing lectures at conferences) are possible. You will closely interact with the respective open source communities (“”upstream integration”” of your code) and our distribution partners (Red Hat, SUSE, Canonical).

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Proven experience in operating systems development and low-level programming (e.g. C,C++, Assembler)
• Practice in debugging and problem determination.
• More than 3 years’ experience with Linux software development
• Good understanding of machine learning and AI foundations
• Solid knowledge in problem determination methods and debugging tools (e.g. gdb, Valgrind)
• Experience in Source code repository systems (e.g. git), scripting languages (e.g. Python), working with containers (docker/podman) and test automation (e.g. Jenkins) skills
• Highly motivated Individual to work in a dynamic international development team
• Fluent English language skills both verbal and written.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Prior contributions to open-source projects or current open-source maintainer status
• Linux kernel development experience
• Knowledge in AI model optimizations and transformer models
• Skills in IBM Z architecture (“”Principles of Operations””), Z assembler and I/O concepts.
• Understand standing of Endianness

Required Education
Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Education
Master’s Degree

About Business Unit
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate – they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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