Canonical is hiring a
Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Software Engineer at Canonical, working on open source IoT solutions, embedded systems, and Linux. The role requires 3+ years of professional software development experience in Go or C++, familiarity with wireless communication protocols, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Requirements

• Proven track record of at least 3 years of professional software development using Go or C++
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, MQTT or other messaging protocols
• Familiarity with wireless communication protocols such as WiFi, BLE, Zigbee, Z-Wave, and Thread
• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest and experience with containers (docker, kubernetes)
• Experience with Linux distributions
• Experience with Snap, debian, or RPM packaging
• Experience with Shell scripting
• Experience with CI/CD (Github Actions, Gitlab CI, etc)
• Experience with IoT frameworks and protocols
• Experience with real-time applications

Benefits

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