Linux devices software engineer - snapd
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Job Description
A Linux devices software engineer at Canonical works on developing and maintaining mission-critical software for the SnapD platform, focusing on containers, security, telemetry, and device management to ensure robust and secure software delivery across Linux devices.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
- Write high-quality code to create new features
- Debug Linux system-level issues and produce fixes
- Review code produced by other engineers
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions
- Ensure robustness of software despite unexpected events
Requirements
- Experience collaborating proactively with a distributed team and writing high quality code to create new features.
- Ability to debug Linux system level issues and produce high quality code to fix them.
- Experience reviewing code produced by other engineers and discussing ideas to find good solutions.
- Ability to obsess over how to achieve robustness despite unexpected events like power outages.
- Willingness to work from home with the possibility of global travel for up to two weeks, twice a year.
- Love for technology and working with brilliant people.
- Curiosity, flexibility, articulateness, and accountability.
- Valuing soft skills, being thoughtful and self-motivated.
- Having a Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar field.
- Professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++.
- Knowledge of Linux system-level fundamentals, e.g., cgroups, namespaces, apparmor.
- Commitment to software testing, code reviews, and maintaining high-quality, maintainable code.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and recognition rewards
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
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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