Software Engineer - Industrial IoT

Canonical; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing international software company is seeking a passionate Software Engineer specializing in Industrial IoT in London. The role involves developing secure and customizable edge solutions, working with IoT devices and Linux systems. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in software development using Go or C++, along with some knowledge of RESTful APIs and CI/CD practices. This position offers the chance to collaborate globally and contribute to cutting-edge IoT platforms.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional software development.
• Experience with RESTful APIs or asynchronous messaging protocols.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a distributed team.
• Develop and maintain open source IoT application packages.
• Review code and participate in standardization discussions.

Skills

Go

C++

RESTful APIs

Asynchronous messaging protocols

Shell scripting

CI/CD (Github Actions, Gitlab CI)

IoT frameworks and protocols

Real-time applications

AIML inference frameworks

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or similar

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Software Engineer - Industrial IoT, London

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

12.08.2025

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Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, edge computing, and IoT. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.

Your role will be to help us provide easy to deploy, secure, and customizable industrial edge solutions. You will work on designing and implementing applications that run on constrained IoT devices to powerful gateways. Embedded systems and Linux will be at the core of your everyday challenges.

In our team we value collaboration, peer reviews, good integration/unit testing and writing maintainable code. General knowledge and experience with Linux as a developer platform is required.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Develop and maintain open source IoT application packages
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by upstream and/or other engineers at Canonical
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Experiment with Ubuntu Core and showcase industry-grade IoT solutions
• Contribute to the development of IoT platforms
• Contribute to building Edge AI solutions
• Participate in IoT standardisation working group discussions and planning (Connectivity Standards Alliance, Web of Things, etc)
• Work on Matter, the connectivity standard unifying smart homes
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

Who you are

• Proven track record of at least 3 years of professional software development using Go or C++.
• You have experience working with RESTful APIs or asynchronous messaging protocols
• You have interest and experience with a few of the following:
• Snap, debian, or RPM packaging
• Shell scripting
• CI/CD (Github Actions, Gitlab CI, etc)
• IoT frameworks and protocols
• Real-time applications
• AIML inference frameworks
• You value soft skills, communication and advocacy, and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world’s best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.