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# Principal Systems Developer - Kernel

- **Company:** InterSystems
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $144,000.0 - $205,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Databases, Concurrency Controls, Software Debugging, Software Engineering, Storage Devices, Information Technology, Production Code, Intersystems
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/73721214-principal-systems-developer-kernel

## About the Role

* 10+ years developing low-level system code for mission-critical software
 * Experience in C or C++; assembly is a plus.
 * Strong technical knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, concurrency control, compiler and interpreter methods, and software engineering techniques
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills
 * Commitment to creating robust code to run for decades in high-stakes deployments
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

## Description

* Compose elegant, efficient, reliable and maintainable source code in C, with some C++
 * Analyze, develop and optimize algorithms and data structures for efficiency in memory and/or modern storage devices
 * Analyze and understand concurrency control and memory ordering issues around access to shared memory structures
 * Learn, maintain and extend the embedded database programming language (ObjectScript) that comprises the application interface to the database
 * Enhance interactions with modern operating systems and hardware devices
 * Develop and maintain database management APIs
 * Debug complex problems; develop and run test code
 * Compose internal design documentation and guide external documentation
 * Stay up to date with operating system, storage and database technology


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