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$75130

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$285000

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
Wayve Technologies, Inc TECH LEAD, GPU KERNEL ENGINEER SUNNYVALE, CA $285000 H-1B Jul 23, 2025
Roblox Corporation Senior Geometry Kernel Engineer San Mateo, CA $273070 H-1B Jan 30, 2026
Anthropic, PBC Member of Technical Staff (TPU Kernel Engineer) San Francisco, CA $264514 - $850000 H-1B May 5, 2026
Modular, Inc. AI GPU Kernel Engineer NATICK, MA $256230 H-1B Jan 31, 2025
Modular, Inc. AI GPU Kernel Engineer Natick, MA $256230 H-1B Feb 10, 2025
Modular, Inc. AI GPU Kernel Engineer Natick, MA $256230 H-1B Feb 19, 2025
Roblox Corporation Senior Geometry Kernel Engineer San Mateo, CA $218540 H-1B Jun 5, 2023
Nunchux AI, Inc. Kernel Engineer San Francisco, CA $200000 H-1B Jun 1, 2026
SALESFORCE.COM LMTS Kernel Engineer San Francisco, CA $199500 Green Card Oct 16, 2019
Intel Corporation OS Kernel Engineer Downingtown, PA $192000 - $314600 H-1B Jun 3, 2026
Intel Corporation OS Kernel Engineer Downingtown, PA $192000 - $314600 H-1B Apr 18, 2026
A2 LABS INC. GPU Kernel Engineer New York, NY $190000 H-1B Nov 14, 2025
A2 Labs, Inc. GPU Kernel Engineer Milwaukee, Wisconsin, WI $190000 H-1B Nov 14, 2025
A2 Labs, Inc. GPU Kernel Engineer Milwaukee, WI $190000 H-1B Nov 19, 2025
BLOOMBERG L.P. Linux Kernel Engineer New York, NY $190000 - $255000 Green Card Dec 22, 2020
ByteDance Inc. Linux Kernel Engineer Bellevue, WA $188160 H-1B Apr 19, 2024
ByteDance Inc. Linux Kernel Engineer Bellevue, WA $188160 H-1B May 30, 2024
Intel Corporation OS Kernel Engineer Malvern, PA $180378 - $299710 H-1B May 8, 2023
NORSE CORPORATION SENIOR KERNEL ENGINEER SAN MATEO, CA $180000 - $195000 H-1B Mar 22, 2014
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Staff Kernel Engineer Santa Clara, CA $165849 - $193800 H-1B Nov 23, 2020
Sciforium GPU Kernel Engineer San Francisco, CA $165000 - $225000 H-1B May 27, 2026
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC Staff Kernel Engineer Santa Clara, CA $165000 - $190000 Green Card Nov 11, 2019
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC Staff Kernel Engineer Santa Clara, CA $165000 - $190000 Green Card Nov 11, 2019
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. DATABASE KERNEL ENGINEER Santa Clara, CA $151200 H-1B Jan 31, 2019
APPLE INC. KERNEL ENGINEER CUPERTINO, CA $150000 - $170000 E-3 Dec 31, 2014
Everpure, Inc. Member of Technical Staff (Kernel Engineer) Santa Clara, CA $149365 - $224000 H-1B Jun 5, 2026
GOOGLE INC. KERNEL ENGINEER MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA $148000 H-1B May 6, 2016
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. DATABASE KERNEL ENGINEER SANTA CLARA, CA $140000 H-1B Apr 21, 2016
PALM, INC. SENIOR KERNEL ENGINEER, FILESYSTEMS SUNNYVALE, CA $139984 H-1B Jun 24, 2011
SALESFORCE.COM INC. SMTS KERNEL ENGINEER San Francisco, CA $138091 H-1B Mar 5, 2019
SALESFORCE.COM INC. LMTS KERNEL ENGINEER San Francisco, CA $138091 H-1B Mar 6, 2019
VORMETRIC, INC. SENIOR SOFTWARE KERNEL ENGINEER SAN JOSE, CA $137917 H-1B Apr 18, 2012
TERADATA OPERATIONS, INC. DATABASE KERNEL ENGINEER SAN CARLOS, CA $130000 H-1B Mar 17, 2015
GOOGLE INC. Android Kernel Engineer (Software Engineer) MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA $125300 Green Card Jun 3, 2013
GREE INTERNATIONAL, INC. LINUX KERNEL ENGINEER SAN FRANCISCO, CA $125000 H-1B Sep 13, 2012
PALM, INC. SENIOR KERNEL ENGINEER, FILESYSTEMS SUNNYVALE, CA $124987 H-1B Jun 24, 2011
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. Linux Kernel Engineer BOISE, ID $120000 Green Card Oct 19, 2015
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. LINUX KERNEL ENGINEER MILPITAS, CA $120000 H-1B Jun 2, 2014
PALM, INC. SENIOR KERNEL ENGINEER SUNNYVALE, CA $114982 H-1B Nov 2, 2011
PALM, INC. SENIOR KERNEL ENGINEER SUNNYVALE, CA $114982 H-1B Oct 26, 2010
PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. WINDOWS KERNEL ENGINEER SANTA CLARA, CA $110000 H-1B Feb 20, 2013
PALM, INC. SENIOR KERNEL ENGINEER SUNNYVALE, CA $109990 H-1B Dec 28, 2010
APPLE INC. KERNEL ENGINEER CUPERTINO, CA $105000 H-1B Mar 9, 2012
APPLE INC. KERNEL ENGINEER CUPERTINO, CA $100000 H-1B Mar 13, 2012
APPLE INC. KERNEL ENGINEER CUPERTINO, CA $100000 H-1B Mar 17, 2011
MONGODB, INC. SENIOR ENGINEER (DATABASE KERNEL ENGINEER) New York, NY $96366 - $190000 H-1B Jul 16, 2019
MONGODB, INC Database Kernel Engineer SE3 NEW YORK, NY $91375 - $106000 Green Card Sep 21, 2015
GREENPLUM, INC. QUALITY ASSURANCE DATABASE KERNEL ENGINEER SAN MATEO, CA $80000 H-1B Feb 3, 2010
10GEN, INC. KERNEL ENGINEER- SECURITIES NEW YORK, NY $76856 - $190000 H-1B Mar 8, 2013
SIGNIN SOFT INC Linux Kernel Engineer MARIETTA, GA $75130 H-1B May 23, 2024
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