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Linux Software Engineer - Ubuntu -Gen Silicon; and seniority levels

Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Calgary, Alberta, D3J, Canada
Listing for: Canonical
Remote/Work from Home position
Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, DevOps, Cloud Engineer - Software, Embedded Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Linux Software Engineer - Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon (multiple roles and seniority levels)
Canonical Overview
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.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical's Partner Engineering Team is looking for open‑source enthusiasts to work across the full Linux stack to ensure new silicon technologies, such as new hardware accelerators, AI stacks, confidential computing, networking, virtualization, and containerization stacks, are optimised for new silicons.

Partner Engineering works closely with worldwide silicon companies to optimise Ubuntu for their new silicon, from x86, ARM, RISC‑V, Power

PC and s390x architectures.

Location:

This is a Globally remote role

Role Responsibilities

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.

Help customers integrate their apps, SDKs, build OS images, optimise applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop and Server

Work with a team to maintain Ubuntu, silicon features, and silicon‑optimised packages across platforms and technologies such as:

Servers, HPC and AI systems, IoT devices, PCs, Smart

NICs and automotive systems

AI stacks

Graphics, audio and multimedia stacks

Virtualisation and Containers

Hardware enablement stacks

New architectures, architecture variants and optimised tool chains

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

Qualifications

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

Love technology and working with brilliant people

Curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable

Value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated

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 licences

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

Virtualisation and containers (Docker, OCI, Kubernetes)

Hardware enablement for platforms and devices, including Smart

NICs, NVMe storage, GPUs, audio components, and sensors

Performance optimisation

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

What We Offer
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 recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance‑driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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