Linux Software Engineer - Ubuntu -Gen Silicon; and seniority levels

Linux Software Engineer – Ubuntu for Next‑Gen Silicon (multiple roles and seniority levels)

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Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world’s leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical’s Partner Engineering Team looks for open‑source enthusiasts to work across the full Linux stack to ensure that new silicon technologies – new hardware accelerators, AI stacks, confidential computing, networking, virtualization, and containerization stacks – are optimized for new silicons.

Partner Engineering works closely with worldwide silicon companies to optimize Ubuntu for their new silicon, from x86, ARM, RISC‑V, Power

PC, and s390x architectures.

Location:

This is a globally remote role.

• Collaborating proactively within a distributed team
• Fostering a software ecosystem with a seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users
• Evaluating contributions of other engineers to maintain high‑quality software standards
• Playing a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work done elsewhere
• Collaborating with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, upstream projects, and commercially supported customers
• Debugging issues on open‑source code and team‑maintained code
• Helping customers integrate their apps, SDKs, build OS images, and optimize applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop and Server
• Working with a team to maintain Ubuntu, silicon features, and silicon‑optimized packages across platforms and technologies such as
• Servers, HPC and AI systems, IoT devices, PCs, Smart
  
  NICs and automotive systems
• AI stacks
• Graphics, audio and multimedia stacks
• Virtualisation and containers
• Hardware enablement stacks
• New architectures, architecture variants and optimized tool chains
• Package management and dependencies
• Platform security (secure boot, FDE, Ubuntu Core, Confidential Computing)
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal events

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• A love for technology and working with brilliant people
• Curiosity, flexibility, articulateness, and accountability
• A passion for soft skills, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
• A talent for building partnerships with a diverse set of internal and external groups
• Strong fundamentals in C, C++ and Python
• Experience or interest in learning Linux distribution packaging
• Experience or interest in open‑source maintenance or contribution and licences
• Fundamental understanding of package management and dependency resolution

• Experience with one or more of the following
• Graphics, audio, or multimedia stacks
• Virtualisation and containers (Docker, OCI, Kubernetes)
• Hardware enablement for platforms and devices, including Smart
  
  NICs, NVMe storage, GPUs, audio components, and sensors
• Performance optimisation
• Toolchain development and maintenance
• Networking protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP/REST)
• Security best practices
• IoT and embedded systems, including board‑level hardware, SoCs, BMCs, bootloaders, firmware, operating systems, applications and services

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events

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