Source Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Engineering Group, Engineering Group >
Software Engineering

Qualcomm's Open Source Engineering team works with internal and external groups to develop, maintain and enhance internal processes and systems essential to Qualcomm’s open source objectives. In this role, you will be collaborating with a multi‑disciplinary team of professionals with a variety of experience and skills. Your tasks would include analyzing large and complex software code bases, executing review processes, internal tools and integrating open source practices into engineering development workflows.

You will be responsible for delivering operational support, resolving technical issues, formulating effective solutions involving engineering processes and automation, and contributing to the advancement of Qualcomm's open source objectives. This position requires technical depth, operational discipline as well as excellent communication skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• Review source, including open‑source and third‑party dependencies for compliance, licensing, and policy alignment.
• Scan, analyze codebase, and review architecture between different software components.
• Create and implement tools and automation to enhance functionality or increase operational efficiency of compliance processes.
• Work closely with global development teams to create documentation pertaining to the code under review.
• Review, support and respond to developer requests in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with leads and contribute to operational solutions which optimize existing frameworks and processes.
• Publish (e.g., writes, reviews, and edits) technical documentation.
• Independently perform well‑defined assignments and handle urgent requests efficiently.
• Partner and collaborate with professionals in various roles (engineers, analysts, legal teams) to accomplish assigned tasks.

• Strong fundamental knowledge of Git and version control systems, experience with Git/Github/Gitlab preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Python, C/C++, Java script, React.
• Good understanding of languages commonly used in open source ecosystems like Rust, Go etc.
• Familiarity with containerization and cloud environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle and engineering fundamentals.
• Strong technical understanding of Linux Operating Systems, including working in a Linux development environment.
• Strong understanding of build systems and package managers (e.g.: Gradle, Yocto, Maven etc).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Detail‑oriented with a demonstrated ability to accurately and thoroughly document processes and workflows.
• Good understanding of Open Source licensing, open source development workflows is a plus.

$94,200.00 - $

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation  also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales‑incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).

In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and r recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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