Yahoo! Inc. - FreeBSD Kernel Engineer

[John Wallace]

    Hi,

 

 My name is John Wallace and I am a Recruiter for Yahoo! here at our
headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.

 In the next few weeks you're going to be hearing some very exciting
news about Yahoo! and I want you to be a part of it. 

We are looking for a FreeBSD Kernel Engineer. Please send your resume
and contact me directly at

jwallace at yahoo-inc.com

 

Yahoo! Inc.
FreeBSD Kernel Engineer 
Location: Sunnyvale, CA USA

Think about impacting 1 out of every 2 people online--in innovative and
imaginative ways that are uniquely Yahoo!. We do just that each and
every day, and you could too. After all, it's big thinkers like you who
will create the next generation of Internet experiences for consumers
and advertisers across the globe. Now's the time to show the world what
you've got. Put your ideas to work for over half a billion people. 

This is a senior technical position, in the operating system area at
Yahoo!. The candidate will join a highly talented team of engineers to
provide FreeBSD support to all the Yahoo properties. This job involves
building, integrating and debugging OS libraries and utilities,
performance evaluation and tuning, developing support tools, test/QA and
hardware validation of FreeBSD releases and participation in internal
discussion forums as well as upstream and vendor communities. The
overall goal is to support infrastructure needs by providing a secure
and scalable operating system for Yahoo! properties to build on.

Minimum Job Qualifications

*         Excellent software development, debugging and testing skills
in C/C++

*         Deep operating systems knowledge (especially FreeBSD)

*         Hands-on experience in debugging complex system issues across
the stack including kernel, drivers as well as user space modules

*         Experience in kernel programming, tuning and benchmarking

*         Good understanding of gnu compilers

*         Familiarity with hardware virtual machine software (Xen,
VMware, etc.)

*         Proven track record delivering solutions in large scale
production systems 

*         Demonstrable analytical and problem solving skills in a fast
paced industry

*         Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Preferred Job Qualifications 

*         BTech/MTech in Computer Science with 7+ years of industry
experience

*         Knowledge of generic software product life cycle and testing
methodology

*         Scripting skills in Perl/PHP & Unix shell programming

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. 

 

John Wallace

Talent Acquisition Team

Advertising Technology, Cloud Computing & Search

Phone 408-349-8198

Fax     408-349-7225

jwallace at yahoo-inc.com

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