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Senior Linux Kernel Driver Engineer

Fractile · Bristol and London

Fractile is building AI accelerator chips and systems designed to make frontier-model inference much faster. This engineer owns the Linux kernel driver that links host servers to Fractile's devices, where every gain shows up in throughput and latency.

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Company
Fractile
Where
Bristol and London
Function
Engineering
Posted
1 week ago
Seniority
Senior
Work mode
On-site
Categories
AI & MLDeepTechSaaS

The role

What you’ll do

  • Design, build and maintain the Linux kernel driver for Fractile's accelerator
  • Write performance-critical paths for PCIe device management, DMA, memory, interrupts and recovery
  • Define the userspace interface the runtime relies on
  • Iterate closely with hardware, firmware, runtime and ML engineers, from pre-silicon to bring-up

What you’ll need

  • Experience shipping and maintaining Linux kernel device drivers in production
  • Excellent C and/or Rust and strong instincts for concurrency and performance
  • A degree in CS, EE, maths, physics or similar and 3+ years in industry
  • PCIe, GPU or accelerator, RDMA or pre-silicon bring-up experience is a plus

Good to know: Based in London or Bristol. Meaningful equity, private medical, dental and vision cover, pension, life insurance and 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays. Export control checks may apply.

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About Fractile

DeepTech, AI & ML and SaaS. Backed by Accel (London), Kindred Capital and Oxford Science Enterprises. Stage: series_unknown.

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