Ubuntu Core Software Engineer

Canonical

Greater London

Remote

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness platform

Travel opportunities

Priority travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is hiring an Ubuntu Core Software Engineer to redefine the Linux experience in embedded environments with secure, updatable OS for IoT. The role is remote in the EMEA region, with focus on boot mechanisms, kernel, and device firmware across ARM, RISC-V, and x86 architectures.

You will design and implement software for various CPU architectures, collaborate with a distributed team, and travel 2-4 times per year for events.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar.
Experience with C or Golang and Shell.
Solid understanding of Linux; Debian/Ubuntu preferred.
Experience with Linux-capable devices such as Raspberry Pi.
Interest/experience in low-level systems and security facilities (bootloaders, systemd, firmware daemons).

Responsibilities

Write high quality code with unit tests to create new features.
Debug Linux system level issues and produce high quality code to fix them.
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
Review code produced by other engineers.
Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
Integrate diverse bootloaders and maintain gadget snaps.
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 times a year for internal and external events.

Skills

C or Golang

Shell

Linux knowledge

Raspberry Pi

Bootloaders/Uefi

Systemd/Udev

Yocto knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or STEM

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 Ubuntu Core Software Engineer to redefine the Linux experience in the embedded environments with the smallest, most secure, and updatable operating system in the IoT market. This is an opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, security, and the developer experience. This challenging role demands a high degree of technical skill with low-level operating systems, kernel, and device firmware.

Our mission is to allow everyone to build robust solutions in various fields including but not limited to IoT, automotive, and aviation using the next generation secure embedded Linux operating system in a simple solution. We define a reliable and secure set of device recovery mechanisms that enable device manufacturers to simplify and standardise the field operations for fleets of heterogeneous appliances.

As an Ubuntu Core team member, you’ll be designing and implementing software that runs on various CPU architectures, such as ARM, RISC-V, and X86. You will work on boot mechanisms, bootloaders, storage partition layout, device trees, kernel and services.

Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region

The role entails

Write high quality code with unit tests to create new features
Debug Linux system level issues and produce high quality code to fix them
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
Review code produced by other engineers
Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
Integrate diverse bootloaders and maintain gadget snaps
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 times a year for internal and external events

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 and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
You have experience with C or Golang, and Shell
You have a solid understanding of Linux and a modern GNU/Linux distribution, Debian or Ubuntu preferred
You have personal or professional experience with Linux-capable devices such as Raspberry Pi
You have interest in learning or experience in one or more low-level systems and security facilities such as:
Bootloaders in ARM and X86, such as piboot, uboot, grub-uefi
Systemd and units, udev, initrd, graphics
OS level firmware daemons and CLI applications
You may have experience or knowledge of Yocto

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.