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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical has a large and rapidly growing kernel team that underpins Ubuntu and open source more widely across a very wide range of hardware and use cases. The Canonical Linux Kernel Organization has teams in every time zone. The team is responsible for all supported Ubuntu Linux kernels, on all platforms and architectures from small embedded devices to standard desktop / server systems to large scale cloud environments, mainframes and supercomputers.

We care most about hardware and virtualization enablement, security, reliability and performance. There are a number of areas where we lead upstream, but for the most part we are interested in ensuring production readiness and performance for the latest patch-sets, rather than subsystem maintenance or evolution.

Kernel Team projects include but are not limited to :

Ubuntu Linux kernel plan, execution, benchmarking and stress testing

Optimized kernels for key silicon and cloud partners

Enabling Ubuntu on a wide range of embedded systems

Networking - in particular performance and security

We hire candidates of all experience levels from recent university graduates through seasoned industry experts. We select those who are enthusiastic to work in multiple areas including security mitigation, feature development, patching and test. You must have outstanding academic results, a background in software engineering, be motivated to work in a distributed team and willing to travel globally twice a year for company engineering events.

Location : Working from home, worldwide. We have kernel teams and openings in every time zone and – with the notable exception of Taipei, Taiwan – have no offices and therefore no pressure to work from an office.

Work closely with external silicon, cloud, or hardware manufacturer delivery teams on bleeding-edge platforms

Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel reported by customers, the community, and discovered by your own rigorous testing

Take personal responsibility for the delivery of a flavour of the Ubuntu Linux kernel

Improve tooling and automation for delivery and test of Ubuntu Linux kernels

Significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other like languages is also highly regarded

Experience with operating system kernel internals and concepts, Linux would be highly regarded but not essential

Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)

Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills

Prior experience developing with software packaging formats, with direct Ubuntu / Debian / Snap experience being highly regarded

Understanding of Linux kernel upstream processes and release cycle

Performance engineering and security experience

Prior public involvement with an open source project

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

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

Annual holiday leave

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Seniority level Entry level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Information Technology

Industries Software Development

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