NWIO Device Driver Development

- Entry Level

Hybrid - Bangalore, IN

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) is part of IBM Systems world-wide technology development lab. Established in 1996, the Lab is headquartered in India's Silicon Valley and startup hub - Bengaluru, with a strong presence in Pune and Hyderabad. Developers at ISDL deliver technology innovations across the entire Systems portfolio - z Systems, Power / OpenPOWER Systems and Storage. The team here works across the entire stack from processor design, firmware, operating system to software defined storage. The lab also focuses on innovations, thanks to the creative energies of the teams. The lab has contributed over 400+ patents in cutting edge technologies and inventions so far. While computing veers towards cognitive, cloud, mobile, social, and security, the lab has significantly contributed to not just new products focused in these areas, but has also ushered in new development models such as Agile, Design Thinking and DevOps. We are looking for qualified system software engineer candidates to be part of our IBM Z Systems team, to help us take z Linux development to the next level on the mainframe.

Requirements

• Expert level C programming
• Implementing IO (Networking TCP/IP) device driver hands-on programming experience, preferably in Linux
• Participated in Linux kernel development preferably with upstream community interactions (commits in github, gitlab or kernel.org)
• Strong Operating System development skills (e.g. process scheduling, multi-processing support, memory management)
• Solid knowledge of GNU GCC Extended Asm (a GNU extension to the C language family) including hands on experience with respect to some ISA (instruction set Architecture)

Nice-to-haves

• Strong team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work effectively in a global team environment
• Proven command over the English language, both written and verbal

Benefits

• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• Encouragement to be courageous and experiment
• Supportive environment for personal and professional growth