Sr Linux Application Developer

Aptiv; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Vacation time

RRSP eligibility

Paid holidays

Hybrid Work

Disability coverage

RRSP matching

Well-being programs

Learning benefits

Job summary

Wind River seeks a senior software engineer in Ottawa to design and upgrade Linux-based systems and orchestrate multi-node deployments using Python and Go. You will work with Kubernetes operators, OpenStack and related platforms to ensure high availability and robust updates across distributed environments.

The role requires strong debugging skills, deep Linux experience, and familiarity with OSTree. Collaboration across teams and contribution to starlingX/open-source projects are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Programming experience with Python.
• Experience with Linux software development.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Exposure to Go, C/C++, Kubernetes operators would be an asset.
• Experience with OSTree would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Work with Kubernetes, operators, Helm, Openstack and other projects.
• Deliver upgrades to Linux based operating systems.
• Design and deliver resilient and production quality multi-node systems, using Python primarily and GoLang.
• Prioritize high performance and availability in software solutions.
• Actively contribute to StarlingX, an exciting and growing open-source project.
• Diagnose issues related to the Unified Software Management (USM) and patch frameworks and configuration management.
• Drive technical improvements and quality in maintenance updates to active code streams.
• Manage reliable host and service configuration using Linux best practices.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve code quality and development velocity.

Skills

Python

Go

Kubernetes

Linux

C/C++

Kubernetes operators

OSTree

Education

Bachelor's / Master's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

OpenStack

OSTree

Job description

About Wind River Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone. The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.

About the Team

The Wind River Cloud team is building a private cloud platform purpose-built for mission-critical enterprise, telecom and 5G applications, and we are leading contributors to the Open Source StarlingX cloud native project. The Software Management team delivers robust frameworks that orchestrate the software update lifecycle across geographically distributed Linux environments, including major release upgrades and rollbacks, and patch updates. The frameworks include applications, state management, REST APIs and command line interfaces that span the software lifecycle. Designed for distributed systems supporting critical workloads, the applications support a smooth software update experience, with resilience and fault tolerance to ensure that updates are recoverable and the system remains highly available. As the cloud architecture evolves, the team continues to adopt modern Kubernetes operators and cloud-native best practices to manage update configuration at scale. The right candidate will have proven software engineering skills to build resilient distributed systems for critical workloads. They bring a solid understanding of Linux processes and lifecycle, high availability, and recovery. Experience with Kubernetes operators is a huge plus! We're looking for someone who thrives on teamwork, and provides thought leadership to solve complex problems. We offer a strong team engineering culture, and excellent tools for analysis, testing and automation, including AI.

Responsibilities

• Work with technology such as Kubernetes, operators, Helm, Openstack and other projects.
• Deliver upgrades to Linux based operating systems
• Design and deliver resilient and production quality multi-node systems, using Python primarily and GoLang
• Prioritize high performance and availability in software solutions
• Actively contribute to StarlingX, an exciting and growing open-source project
• Diagnose issues related to the Unified Software Management (USM) and patch frameworks and configuration management
• Drive technical improvements and quality in maintenance updates to active code streams
• Manage reliable host and service configuration using Linux best practices
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, analysis, and debugging assistants) to improve code quality and development velocity.

Qualifications/Skills

• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in computer science orrelated field
• 5+years ofprofessionalsoftware engineering experience
• Programming experience with Python
• Experience with Linux software development
• Strong analytical and debugging skills
• Exceptional team player who works well in collaborative environments
• Exposure to Go, C/C++, Kubernetes operators would be an asset
• Experience with ostree would be an asset

This role is compensation range is between $110,000 to $120,000 CAD annual plus annual incentive plan bonus. Compensation is determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members.

Benefits

• health
• dental
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• vacation time
• eligibility to enroll in RRSP
• paid holidays
• Canada Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work
• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance
• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage
• Matching RRSP
• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance
• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars

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Wind River is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.