Engineering Manager, Linux Team

Location: Hybrid, with available locations in Austin, New York, and San Francisco, United States

Annual salary: $170,000–$275,000 for New York City and California hires outside the Bay Area; $190,000–$303,000 for Bay Area hires. Compensation may vary by work location. The role is also eligible for hirify.global’s equity plan.

Company

hirify.global operates a large global network that protects and accelerates Internet applications and supports the open and free Internet.

What you will do

• Manage and mentor a high-performing team of kernel and systems engineers while fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of the Linux Kernel and core operating-system components, including a continuous delivery pipeline targeting production rollout within 30 days of merge.
• Set the kernel development roadmap and balance new features with production stability, security, and performance.
• Support upstream Linux Kernel contributions and help engineers become maintainers of critical subsystems.
• Collaborate with hardware and service teams on hardware onboarding and workload optimization, while enabling contributions from engineers across hirify.global.
• Lead automated telemetry and debugging systems for kernel-level crashes and use DORA metrics to improve team impact.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, preferably in low-level systems, kernel development, or large-scale infrastructure.
• Deep knowledge of Linux Kernel internals, x86 and ARM architecture, and operating-system fundamentals, including memory management, schedulers, and network stacks.
• Experience building or managing CI/CD pipelines for foundational software and automating operational toil.
• Proven engagement with the open-source community and understanding of Linux Kernel upstreaming and maintainer dynamics.
• Experience with pre-production QA and synthetic workload evaluation in a global, reboot-limited production environment.
• Ability to communicate complex kernel-level challenges as actionable business insights for cross-functional stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a large-scale technology environment focused on building a better Internet.
• Participate in hirify.global’s equity plan.
• Applicants reaching the offer stage may be asked to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global office or hub.
• Some work may involve information protected by U.S. export control laws; authorization to receive controlled technology without export-license sponsorship may be required.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application process.