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Remote
Entry Level
Full Time
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Requirements
- •Well-organised and motivated self-starter able to thrive in a remote work environment
- •Professional manner with colleagues, business partners, and the open-source community
- •Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal
- •Significant programming ability in C
- •Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP’s, and other hardware-level system engineering aspects
- •Solid background with git
- •Understanding of operating system kernel fundamentals
- •Ability to travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks length
What You'll Do
- •Collaborate regularly and proactively with a globally distributed team
- •Work closely with silicon vendor partners to integrate their platform support into the Ubuntu Linux kernel
- •Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel reported by partners, customers, community, and through testing
- •Take responsibility for delivery of silicon-optimised variants of the Ubuntu Linux kernel
- •Improve tooling and automation for delivery and testing of Ubuntu Linux kernels
- •Submit, review, and apply kernel patches with internal and external upstream maintainers
- •Identify new means of maximising performance on partner silicon
Nice to Have
- •Python and Bash scripting ability
- •Prior background with major SoC families
- •Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging experience
- •Demonstrated experience with Linux kernel patching and debugging
- •Solid understanding of performance optimisation for silicon platforms
Benefits
- •Home-based 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
- •Employee Assistance Programme
- •Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- •Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
About Canonical
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, delivers trusted open source for everyone and provides security, support and services to enterprises.
London, UK
1000 - 5000
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