Senior Kernel Build Automation Engineer - Ubuntu (Remote)

Inclusively Remote; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget USD 2,000/year

Annual compensation review

Maternity/Paternity leave

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a senior software engineer to lead an initiative to simplify and automate Ubuntu Linux kernel build and configuration. You will guide the implementation from concept through delivery and lead cross-functional work across the Canonical ecosystem.

Advancement through advanced build systems, patching, kconfig, and git will be central, with emphasis on collaboration, quality, and upstream contributions.

Qualifications

• Significant programming ability in Python and strong C skills.
• Experience patching and configuring the Linux kernel; knowledge of kconfig and git.
• Familiarity with build systems and automation for Linux distributions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of an automated Linux build control system.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy into Canonical ecosystem.
• Delve into kbuild, kconfig, and make to find optimal solutions.
• Propose innovative kernel build roadblocks solutions and drive upstream acceptance.

Skills

Python

C

Git

Kernel patching

Kconfig

Build systems

CI/CD

CLI tools

REST APIs

Golang

JavaScript

Tools

Yocto

Buildroot

Job description

Canonical is seeking a senior software engineer to lead an initiative to simplify and automate Ubuntu Linux kernel build and configuration. You will guide the implementation from concept through delivery and lead cross-functional work across the Canonical ecosystem.

Advancement through advanced build systems, patching, kconfig, and git will be central, with emphasis on collaboration, quality, and upstream contributions.