Linux devices software engineer - snapd

Canonical; London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Linux devices software engineer to join their SnapD team. This role involves developing mission-critical Golang code for software delivery and device management, with a strong focus on quality and performance within a remote-first company. Candidates should possess a keen interest in open-source development and the Linux environment, ensuring optimal solutions in a globally distributed setting.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Maternity and paternity leave

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Qualifications

• Professional software development experience with Go, Python, C, or C++.
• Knowledge of cgroups, namespaces, apparmor.
• Experience in collaborative software development environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high quality code to create new features.
• Debug Linux system level issues and produce fixes.

Skills

Software testing

Linux system-level fundamentals

Collaboration

Code reviews

Maintainable code

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Go

Python

C

C++

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Linux devices software engineer - snapd, London

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Canonical

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

02.07.2025

Expiry Date:

16.08.2025

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Job Description:

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with + colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Linux devices software engineer on our SnapD team to work on mission-critical Golang code, focused on software delivery, containers, security sandboxing, telemetry and device management.

Snaps are next-generation. They are designed for safety, security and robustness, with application-specific confinement of containers optimised for IoT devices, desktops and servers. Our goal is that snaps work across multiple Linux flavors to ensure that publishers have the simplest way to reach the whole Linux world.

This role requires an obsession with quality and performance, for work at the heart of the operating system. It also requires an interest in the software publishing and consumption experience. Applicants should be passionate about open source software development. We value collaboration, peer reviews, good unit/integration testing and maintainable code. General knowledge and experience with Linux as a developer platform is required. Having previous experience with Golang is very nice to have.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA or Americas regions

The role entails

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code to create new features
• Debug Linux system level issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Obsess over how to achieve robustness despite unexpected events like power outages
• Work from home with global travel for up to two weeks, twice a year

What we are looking for in you

• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• You value soft skills, are thoughtful and self-motivated
• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++
• You know Linux system-level fundamentals, e.g. cgroups, namespaces, apparmor
• Commitment to software testing, code reviews and maintainable code

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2, 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