Linux Software Engineer - Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon multiple roles and seniority levels
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Job Description
This role involves working on open source software development and optimization across the Linux stack, collaborating with global teams to ensure hardware and silicon technologies are seamlessly integrated and perform efficiently on Ubuntu platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate within a distributed team to optimize Ubuntu for new silicon technologies.
- Evaluate contributions from other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards.
- Shape the future of Ubuntu by contributing new ideas and advising on ongoing work.
- Collaborate with upstream projects, community teams, and customers to improve software ecosystem.
- Debug issues in open source and team-maintained code.
- Assist customers with app integration, SDKs, OS image building, and application optimization.
- Maintain and develop silicon features and optimized packages across various platforms and technologies.
Requirements
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
- Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or equivalent experience
- Strong fundamentals in C, C++, and Python programming languages
- Experience or interest in learning Linux distribution packaging
- Experience or interest in open source maintenance or contribution and licenses
- Fundamental understanding of package management and dependency resolution
- Ability to collaborate proactively within a distributed team
- Ability to evaluate contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards
- Ability to debug issues on open source code and team maintained code
- Experience or interest in working with silicon features and silicon-optimized packages across platforms and technologies such as Servers, HPC and AI systems, IoT devices, PCs, SmartNICs, and automotive systems
- Experience or interest in working with AI stacks, graphics, audio, and multimedia stacks, virtualization and containers, hardware enablement stacks, and new architectures
- Knowledge of platform security features such as secure boot, FDE, Ubuntu Core, and Confidential Computing
- Willingness to work from home with the ability to travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal events
Benefits & Perks
Compensation is based on location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
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
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Team Member Assistance Program
Wellness Platform
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Travel upgrades and Priority Pass for long-haul company events
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