FOSS Compliance Engineer

eTeam; Ireland; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

eTeam is seeking a FOSS Compliance Engineer within the Open Source Engineering team in Ireland. You will ensure products meet open source licensing obligations and improve license reporting across product lines.

Responsibilities include maintaining SBOMs, automating compliance workflows in Python, and integrating scans into CI/CD. Hands-on experience with FossID, Black Duck, SPDX, and CycloneDX is preferred, with strong writing and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of experience in FOSS compliance or related field.
• Experience with OSS license compliance reporting and publishing.
• Hands-on with Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tooling.
• Familiarity with SBOM standards (SPDX, CycloneDX).
• Experience with OpenChain standard is a plus.
• Ability to read C/C++, Java, Python, Go.

Responsibilities

• Perform FOSS compliance analysis across software products and services.
• Identify OSS licenses and assess impact on distribution.
• Maintain inventories of components, licenses, obligations, and attributions; ensure traceability across source, binaries, images, and containers.
• Operate and integrate SCA tooling (FossID preferred) and embed scans into development workflows.
• Automate compliance workflows (Python) for scanning, SBOM generation/validation, approvals, reporting, and release readiness checks.
• Publish, validate, and version SBOMs for releases.
• Conduct OSS risk assessments and recommend remediation strategies.
• Guide development teams on OSS intake, dependency linking, attribution, and license-compliant usage.
• Stay current on licensing trends, regulatory developments, and community practices; contribute to policy improvements.
• Support reviews, audits, and governance activities including prerelease compliance gates.

Skills

FOSS compliance

SBOM

Open source licensing

Automation in CI/CD

SCA tooling

FossID

Black Duck

SPDX

CycloneDX

Python

C/C++

Go

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Engineering or equivalent

Master's preferred

Tools

FossID

Black Duck

SPDX

CycloneDX

Job description

Open Source Engineering team is looking for a FOSS Compliance Engineer to ensure our products and services meet opensource licensing obligations and industry best practices. This role requires strong hands-on experience in FOSS compliance operations.

The primary responsibilities include ensuring license compliance, enhancing software license reporting, and maintaining a software bill of materials (SBOM) and FOSS reports for all product lines. Additionally, the role involves automating compliance processes, educating the development community, and collaborating with various teams to ensure adherence to licensing obligations.

**What You’ll Do **

Perform FOSS compliance analysis for software products and services across the business units or product lines (source and binaries).

Identify and analyze OSS licenses and assess impact on commercial distribution.

Maintain accurate inventories of components, licenses, obligations, and attributions; ensure traceability across source code, third-party binaries, images, and containers.

Operate and integrate SCA tooling (FossID preferred) and embed scans into development workflows.

Automate compliance workflows (Python) for scanning, SBOM generation/validation, approvals, reporting, and release readiness checks.

Apply SBOM standards and best practices (SPDX, CycloneDX) across the product lifecycle; publish, validate, and version SBOMs for releases.

Conduct OSS risk assessments (licensing, security, provenance) and recommend practical remediation strategies (substitution, configuration, exception management).

Guide development teams on OSS intake, dependency linking, proper attribution, notice files, and license-compliant usage patterns.

Stay current on licensing trends, regulatory developments, and community practices; contribute to continuous improvement of policies and processes.

Support reviews, audits, and governance activities, including prerelease compliance gates, customer/partner disclosures, and internal/external audits.

Required Skills & Experience

Looking for 4 to 8 years of experience

Key Words:

FOSS Compliance, SBOM compliance, open source, automation in CI/CD, SCA, Blackduck, FOSSID, SPDX, CycloneDX, Python, C/C++, open source license compliance

Experience with FOSS compliance analysis, reporting and publishing.

Handson experience using Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools such as FossID, Blackduck or equivalent.

Familiarity with SBOM standards (SPDX, CycloneDX) and validation best practices.

Familiarity or experience with OpenChain standard and implementation.

Ability to read programming languages such as C/C++, Java, Python, Go.

Ability to automate license compliance reporting and integrate it into CI/CD processes.

Strong attention to detail and high-quality output.

Ability to work independently, drive improvements, meet schedules, and exhibit strong writing skills.

Experience with Linux OS is preferred.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's, Computer Engineering or equivalent

Preferred: Master's, Computer Engineering or equivalent "