Canonical is hiring a
Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Software Engineer to develop secure embedded Linux operating systems on various CPU architectures, collaborate with a distributed team, and work remotely with occasional travel. The ideal candidate has experience with Golang, C/C++, Shell, Linux, API design and development, and low-level system and security facilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Experience with Golang, C/C++, and Shell
• Solid understanding of Linux and a modern GNU/Linux distribution, Debian or Ubuntu preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop system daemons with REST APIs in Golang
• Integrate diverse bootloaders and maintain gadget snaps
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code with unit tests to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality fixes
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with low-level system and security facilities such as bootloaders in ARM and X86, systemd and units, udev, initrd, graphics, OS level firmware daemons and CLI applications, Linux security implementations - TPM, FDE, LUKS, HSM, etc
• API design and development experience - REST/gRPC or similar
• Personal or professional experience with Linux-capable devices such as Raspberry Pi

Benefits

• Work from home
• Global travel 2 to 4 times a year for internal and external events