Software Engineer - Industrial IoT

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical is an open-source software company delivering Ubuntu and IoT solutions. You will design and implement applications for IoT on constrained devices and gateways, with Embedded Linux at the core, in a collaborative, reviewer-focused environment.

You will contribute to open source IoT packages, work with REST and MQTT, and explore Ubuntu Core, Matter, and connectivity standards while balancing a remote role with global travel.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development using Go or C++.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, MQTT, or other messaging protocols.
• Familiar with wireless protocols such as WiFi, BLE, Zigbee, Thread.
• Interest in Containers (Docker, Kubernetes), Linux distributions, packaging.
• CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• IoT frameworks and protocols; real-time applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or STEM is required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Develop and maintain open source IoT application packages.
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code.
• Review code produced by upstream Canonical engineers.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions.
• Experiment with Ubuntu Core and IoT solutions.
• Work on Matter and IoT platform development.
• Participate in IoT standardisation discussions.
• Work from home with 2–4 weeks of travel for events.

Skills

Go

C++

RESTful APIs

MQTT

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, edge computing, and IoT. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.

Your role will be to help us provide easy to deploy, secure, and customizable industrial edge solutions. You will work on designing and implementing applications that run on constrained IoT devices to powerful gateways. Embedded systems and Linux will be at the core of your everyday challenges.

In our team we value collaboration, peer reviews, good integration/unit testing and writing maintainable code. General knowledge and experience with Linux as a developer platform is required.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team

• Develop and maintain open source IoT application packages

• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them

• Review code produced by upstream and/or other engineers at Canonical

• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions

• Experiment with Ubuntu Core and showcase industry-grade IoT solutions

• Work on Matter, the connectivity standard unifying smart homes

• Contribute to the development of IoT platforms

• Participate in IoT standardisation working group discussions and planning (Connectivity Standards Alliance, Web of Things, etc)

• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

Who you are

• Proven track record of at least 3 years of professional software development using Go or C++.

• You have experience working with RESTful APIs, MQTT or other messaging protocols

• You are familiar with wireless communication protocols such as WiFi, BLE, Zigbee, Z-Wave, and Thread

• You have interest and experience with a few of the following:

  • Containers (docker, kubernetes)

  • Linux distributions

  • Snap, debian, or RPM packaging

  • Shell scripting

  • CI/CD (Github Actions, Gitlab CI, etc)

  • IoT frameworks and protocols

  • Real-time applications

• You value soft skills, communication and advocacy, and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated

• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world’s best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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