Senior Engineer - Linux Platform Integration - Ubuntu Systems

You will work across the full Linux stack from kernel through networking, virtualization, and graphics to optimize Ubuntu, the world's most widely used Linux desktop and server, for the latest silicon. Our teams partner with specialist engineers from major silicon companies to integrate next-generation features and performance enhancements for upcoming hardware. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to have a meaningful impact on the adoption of Linux across multiple industries. The right candidate must be resourceful, articulate, and able to deliver on a wide variety of solutions across server, desktop, and IoT technologies. Canonical offers a fun, fast-paced team environment and a career full of learning and development opportunities. **Key Responsibilities:** - Design and implement the best Ubuntu integration for the latest IoT desktop and server-class hardware platforms and software stacks - Work with partners to deliver an optimized, first-class Ubuntu experience on their platforms - Take a holistic approach to the Ubuntu experience on partner platforms with inputs on technical plans, testing strategy, quality metrics - Participate as technical lead on customer engagements involving complete system architectures from cloud to edge - Help our partners integrate their apps, SDKs, build device OS images, and optimize applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop, and Server - Work with the most advanced operating systems and application technologies available in the enterprise world **Qualifications Required:** - You love technology and working with brilliant people - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STEM, or similar - Experience with Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, Yocto) - Experience working with open source communities and licenses - Experience working with Python, C, C++ - Ability to work in a globally distributed team through self-discipline and self-motivation **Nice to have:** - Experience with server technologies, including UEFI firmware, GPU computing, RDMA/Infiniband, and virtualization stacks - Experience with graphics stacks - Good understanding of networking - TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP/REST - Basic understanding of security best practices in IoT or server environments - Good communication skills, ideally public speaking experience - IoT / Embedded experience from board and SoC, BMCs, bootloaders, and firmware to OS, through apps and services - Experience working with CI automation platforms such as GitHub - Experience with performance benchmarking and profiling - Some experience with Docker/OCI containers/K8s Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, challenging you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer fostering a workplace free from discrimination, where diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. You will work across the full Linux stack from kernel through networking, virtualization, and graphics to optimize Ubuntu, the world's most widely used Linux desktop and server, for the latest silicon. Our teams partner with specialist engineers from major silicon companies to integrate next-generation features and performance enhancements for upcoming hardware. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to have a meaningful impact on the adoption of Linux across multiple industries. The right candidate must be resourceful, articulate, and able to deliver on a wide variety of solutions across server, desktop, and IoT technologies. Canonical offers a fun, fast-paced team environment and a career full of learning and development opportunities. **Key Responsibilities:** - Design and implement the best Ubuntu integration for the latest IoT desktop and server-class hardware platforms and software stacks - Work with partners to deliver an optimized, first-class Ubuntu experience on their platforms - Take a holistic approach to the Ubuntu experience on partner platforms with inputs on technical plans, testing strategy, quality metrics - Participate as technical lead on customer engagements involving complete system architectures from cloud to edge - Help our partners integrate their apps, SDKs, build device OS images, and optimize applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop, and Server - Work with the most advanced operating systems and application technologies available in the enterprise world **Qualifications Required:** - You love technology and working with brilliant people - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STE