Software Engineer - Linux Kernel Engineering (Waterford Office, Ireland)

Red Hat Limited

📍 Waterford, Waterford, Ireland

Full time Computer Occupations Posted June 10, 2026

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Job Description

Red Hat's Linux Kernel Engineering team is looking for a software engineer to join us in Red Hat’s RISC-V hardware enablement group. In this role you will be part of a growing team focused on Linux kernel development providing hardware enablement for new RISC-V platforms. Successful applicants must reside in a location where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What you will do
Backport hardware enabling patches and bugfixes from the upstream kernel into Fedora Linux as we begin our support for the new architecture, then change focus to Red Hat Enterprise Linux backport work when we introduce support for RISC-V in our flagship OS
Contribute new development work
Participate in the broader upstream Linux community
Package the kernel for delivery
Collaborate in the RISC-V partner ecosystem
Collaborate with the Engineering, Quality Engineering, Product Management, Documentation, and product build teams, as well as the open source com...
                

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Location

Waterford, Waterford, Ireland

Job Type

Full time