Senior Linux Platform Integration Engineer - Ubuntu (Remote)

Canonical Ltd.; Kuwait City; Remote; KWD 28,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual leave

Priority Pass for travel

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. seeks a versatile engineer to optimize Ubuntu across IoT and server platforms. You will design Ubuntu integration for the latest hardware and collaborate with silicon partners to deliver top-tier experience on their platforms.

Joining Canonical means contributing to a global remote team, advancing open-source projects, and shaping Ubuntu across cloud, edge, and desktop environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar.
• Experience with Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, Yocto).
• Experience with open source communities and licenses.
• Experience working with Python, C, C++.
• Ability to work in a globally distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the best Ubuntu integration for the latest IoT desktop and server-class hardware platforms and software stacks.
• Work with partners to deliver an optimised, first class Ubuntu experience on their platforms.
• Take a holistic approach to the Ubuntu experience on partner platforms with inputs on technical plans, testing strategy, quality metrics.
• Participate as technical lead on customer engagements involving complete system architectures from cloud to edge.
• Help our partners integrate their apps, SDKs, build device OS images, and optimize applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop and Server.
• Work with the most advanced operating systems and application technologies available in the enterprise world.

Skills

Linux packaging

Python

C/C++

Distributed teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Canonical Ltd. seeks a versatile engineer to optimize Ubuntu across IoT and server platforms. You will design Ubuntu integration for the latest hardware and collaborate with silicon partners to deliver top-tier experience on their platforms.

Joining Canonical means contributing to a global remote team, advancing open-source projects, and shaping Ubuntu across cloud, edge, and desktop environments.