Linux Software Engineer – Ubuntu, Next-Gen Silicon

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🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Canonical

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Open Source • Cloud • Artificial Intelligence

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Collaborate proactively within a distributed team • Foster a software ecosystem with a seamless user experience for Ubuntu users • Evaluate contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards • Help shape the future of Ubuntu through new ideas and technical guidance • Collaborate with Ubuntu and Debian communities, upstream projects, and commercially supported customers • Debug open-source and team-maintained code • Help customers integrate apps and SDKs, build OS images, and optimize applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop, and Server • Maintain Ubuntu, silicon features, and silicon-optimized packages across servers, HPC and AI systems, IoT devices, PCs, SmartNICs, automotive systems, and multiple software stacks • Work from home with global travel of 2 to 4 weeks for internal events

🎯 Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university • Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path • Strong fundamentals in C, C++ and Python • Experience or interest in learning Linux distribution packaging • Experience or interest in open source maintenance or contribution and licenses • Fundamental understanding of package management and dependency resolution • Experience with graphics, audio, or multimedia stacks • Experience with virtualization and containers (Docker, OCI, Kubernetes) • Experience with hardware enablement for platforms and devices, including SmartNICs, NVMe storage, GPUs, audio components, and sensors • Experience with performance optimization • Experience with toolchain development and maintenance • Experience with networking protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP/REST) • Experience with security best practices • Experience with IoT and embedded systems, including board-level hardware, SoCs, BMCs, bootloaders, firmware, operating systems, applications, and services

🏖️ Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year • Annual compensation review • Recognition rewards • Annual holiday leave • Maternity and paternity leave • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events • Performance-driven annual bonus or commission

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