Senior Ubuntu Linux Platform Integration Engineer

Canonical Ltd.; Riyadh; Remote; SAR 150,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual leave

Priority Pass for travel

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a highly skilled engineer to optimise Ubuntu across IoT, desktop, and server platforms, from kernel to cloud. You will collaborate with silicon partners to deliver top-tier Ubuntu experiences on new hardware and software stacks.

This globally remote role requires building holistic solutions, leading architecture discussions, and contributing to performance and reliability improvements in large-scale open source deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar required.
• Experience with Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, Yocto).
• Experience with Python, C, and C++.

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 Ubuntu experience on their platforms.
• Take a holistic approach to the Ubuntu experience on partner platforms with inputs on technical plans, testing strategy, and quality metrics.
• Act as technical lead on customer engagements involving complete system architectures from cloud to edge.
• Help partners integrate 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 in the enterprise world.

Skills

Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, Yocto)

Python

C

C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar

Job description

Canonical is seeking a highly skilled engineer to optimise Ubuntu across IoT, desktop, and server platforms, from kernel to cloud. You will collaborate with silicon partners to deliver top-tier Ubuntu experiences on new hardware and software stacks.

This globally remote role requires building holistic solutions, leading architecture discussions, and contributing to performance and reliability improvements in large-scale open source deployments.