Ubuntu Enablement - Software Engineering Manager

Canonical Ltd.
Manchester, United Kingdom
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Remote
Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

C
Booting (BIOS)
C++
Ubuntu (Operating System)
Cloud Computing
Profiling
Data Centers
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Debian Linux
Linux
DevOps
Firmware
Github
General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units
Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP)
InfiniBand
Python
Open Source Technology
Remote Direct Memory Access
TCP/IP
Extensible Firmware Interface
Yocto
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Operational Systems
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Docker
VMware

Job description

You will work across the full Linux stack from kernel through networking, virtualization and graphics to optimise 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., 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 optimised, 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 optimise applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop and Server

Work with the most advanced operating systems and application technologies available in the enterprise world

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Requirements

You love technology and working with brilliant people

You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar

You have experience with Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, Yocto)

You have experience working with open source communities and licences

You have experience working with Python, C, C++

You can 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

Benefits & conditions

In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, you can ask in the later stages of the recruitment process.

Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!

Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Parental Leave

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