Remote Linux Engineer — Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon

Canonical Ltd.; Bogotá; Remote; COP 297,138,000 - 495,229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed team sprints

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness Platform

Travel opportunities

Travel upgrades for long-haul events

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a gifted open‑source enthusiast to join our Partner Engineering team, focused on optimizing Ubuntu across silicon stacks.

You will collaborate in a distributed, remote‑first environment, contribute to open source maintenance, and help customers integrate apps and build OS images. We value strong fundamentals in C, C++, and Python, Linux packaging interest, and the ability to work with Debian communities, upstream projects, and cross‑functional teams worldwide.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating proactively within a distributed team.
• Fostering a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users.
• Evaluating contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards.
• Playing a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere.
• Collaborating with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers.
• Debugging issues on open source code and team maintained code.
• Helping our customers to integrate their apps, SDKs, build OS images, optimize applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop and Server.
• Working with a team to maintain Ubuntu, silicon features, and silicon-optimized packages across platforms and technologies such as Servers, HPC and AI systems, IoT devices, PCs, SmartNICs and automotive systems, AI stacks, Graphics, audio and multimedia stacks, Virtualisation and Containers, Hardware enablement stacks, New architectures, architecture variants and optimized toolchains, Package management and dependencies, Platform security.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Open source

Education

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux packaging

Git

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a gifted open‑source enthusiast to join our Partner Engineering team, focused on optimizing Ubuntu across silicon stacks.

You will collaborate in a distributed, remote‑first environment, contribute to open source maintenance, and help customers integrate apps and build OS images. We value strong fundamentals in C, C++, and Python, Linux packaging interest, and the ability to work with Debian communities, upstream projects, and cross‑functional teams worldwide.