Jobs in Middlesbrough, Großbritannien

Job Title: Open Source Software Developer
Location: Worldwide – 100% Remote
Type: Permanent

Our client is a software consultancy specializing in bringing companies and the Open Source community together. We combine years of Open Source software leadership with an understanding of the challenges that businesses, non-profits, and governments face. We bring deep technical expertise in system integration & architecture, graphics, multimedia, web engines and communications to a number of market verticals, including mobile, IVI / automotive, set top box / smart TV, and a range of other specialized embedded applications.

Key Responsibilities
Discussing technology with clients and represent us at conferences and trade shows to demonstrate and promote our leadership in the open source arena
Analysing client problems and designing solutions leveraging open source technologies and providing technical expertise
Defining and scoping client projects in collaboration with the delivery team
Contributing publicly to open source projects to ensure our continuing technical leadership
Gain working knowledge of customers’ products, applications, technical and business strengths and target markets
Understanding client needs and reconciling time constraints, available technologies and resources, and open source best practices

Required Experience:
Demonstrable contributions/commits to Linux Debian, Yocto or Kernel

Desired Skills
Track record of experience in software development is essential
Knowledge of open source development methodologies and good standing in the open source community
Good English language skills (both verbal and written)
Ability to work and communicate in an online distributed environment
BS/BA or experience in the role of Engineer
Preferable experience with direct development on one (or more) of WebKit, Blink, GStreamer, FFMPEG, libav, X11, wayland/weston, Jenkins, OBS, lava, Linux kernel/device drivers, distribution integration, porting
Self learning skills to get sufficient knowledge of our services, business model, project
delivery life cycle and other related technical domains

If you’re interested, please reach out to daniel@microtech-global.com for more information.