Senior Embedded Linux Engineer — Hybrid Role with Impact

Ammortal Inc; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

80% health, dental, and vision covered

Job summary

Ammortal Inc. is seeking a senior Linux software engineer to own and evolve the Chamber application software running on embedded Linux. You will interface with hardware over serial and bus protocols, drive architectural decisions, and help shape the software that powers our chamber system.

You’ll work closely with hardware, OT, and software teams, leading quality and testing standards while growing technical leadership within a small, startup culture in a hybrid setup in Asheville area.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent on Linux-based systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go, C, or C++, and at least one high-level language (Python, JavaScript, or similar).
• Experience interfacing software with hardware over serial or bus protocols (Modbus, I2C, SPI, RS-485, etc.).
• Deep familiarity with Linux environments and system-level debugging.
• Experience designing and shipping production software in a microservice or distributed architecture.
• Experience with Git and modern CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of Chamber application software on embedded Linux, including hardware communication over serial and bus protocols.
• Lead architectural decisions for a microservices-based platform and drive them through to implementation.
• Define and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, and deployment.
• Act as the technical escalation point for complex customer and field issues.
• Maintain and extend early-gen Chamber software as needed.
• Contribute to frontend work as needed to ship complete features.
• Collaborate with hardware, operations, and customer experience teammates to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Go

C

C++

Python/JavaScript

Linux

Microservices

Git

CI/CD

System debugging

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Debian-based Linux

Next.js

React

TypeScript

Bash

Git & CI/CD tooling

Jira/Linear/Asana

Job description

Ammortal Inc. is seeking a senior Linux software engineer to own and evolve the Chamber application software running on embedded Linux. You will interface with hardware over serial and bus protocols, drive architectural decisions, and help shape the software that powers our chamber system.

You’ll work closely with hardware, OT, and software teams, leading quality and testing standards while growing technical leadership within a small, startup culture in a hybrid setup in Asheville area.