Ubuntu Core Software Engineer

• Develop system daemons with REST APIs in Golang
• Integrate diverse bootloaders and maintain gadget snaps
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code with unit tests to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality fixes
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 times a year for internal and external events
  

Who you are

• 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 have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have experience with Golang, C/C++, and Shell
• You have a solid understanding of Linux and a modern GNU/Linux distribution, Debian or Ubuntu preferred
• You have experience or interest in low-level system and security facilities such as:
  • Bootloaders in ARM and X86, such as piboot, uboot, grub-uefi
  • Systemd and units, udev, initrd, graphics
  • OS level firmware daemons and CLI applications
  • Linux security implementations - TPM, FDE, LUKS, HSM, etc.
• You have experience with API design and development - REST/gRPC or similar
• You have personal or professional experience with Linux-capable devices such as Raspberry Pi