Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Linux Software Engineer - Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon
Location: Lagos (Globally remote)
The role entails
- Collaborating proactively within a distributed team
- Fostering a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users
- Evaluating contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards.
- Playing a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via both - new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere
- Collaborating with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers
- Debugging issues on open source code and team maintained code.
- Helping our our customers to integrate their apps, SDKs, build OS images, optimize applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop and Server
- Working with a team to maintain Ubuntu, silicon features, and silicon-optimized packages across platforms and technologies such as:
- Servers, HPC and AI systems, IoT devices, PCs, SmartNICs and automotive systems
- AI stacks
- Graphics, audio and multimedia stacks
- Virtualisation and Containers
- Hardware enablement stacks
- New architectures, architecture variants and optimized toolchains
- Package management and dependencies
- Platform security (secure boot, FDE, Ubuntu Core, Confidential Computing)
- Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal events.
What we are looking for in you
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate Degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
- You love technology and working with brilliant people
- You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
- You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
- You value building partnerships with a diverse set of internal and external groups
- Strong fundamentals in C, C++ and Python
- 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.
Additional skills that you might also bring
Experience with one or more of the following:
- Graphics, audio, or multimedia stacks
- Virtualization and containers (Docker, OCI, Kubernetes)
- Hardware enablement for platforms and devices, including SmartNICs, NVMe storage, GPUs, audio components, and sensors
- Performance optimization
- Toolchain development and maintenance
- Networking protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP/REST)
- Security best practices
- IoT and embedded systems, including board-level hardware, SoCs, BMCs, bootloaders, firmware, operating systems, applications, and services.