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Canonical Group - Buffalo, NY
posted about 2 months ago
About the position
The Senior Bootloader & System Engineer role at Canonical involves maintaining and enhancing the Ubuntu bootloader stack to ensure fast, reliable, and secure Ubuntu systems across various devices and cloud environments. This position is critical for the stability, reliability, and security of the Ubuntu operating system, focusing on lower-level technologies from hardware to firmware. The engineer will work on the architecture, design, and development of core components involved in the boot and startup processes of the Ubuntu Distribution, collaborating with the upstream community and mentoring junior engineers.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
- Define and shape the boot architecture of Ubuntu
- Work with teams focused on Ubuntu for server, desktop, IoT, and clouds
- Write high-quality code to create new features and contribute upstream
- Contribute to feature and bug fixes in projects including Grub, shim, u-boot, and associated tools
- 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 weeks a year for internal and external events
Requirements
- Development experience with early boot software like TF-A, OP-TEE, U-Boot, shim, GRUB, or the Linux kernel
- Experience on non x86 platforms such as ARM, RISC-V
- Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
- Long-time Linux user with broad interests in the future of Linux
- Experience or interest in learning how to package software for Debian and Ubuntu
Nice-to-haves
- A love of technology and working with brilliant people
- Motivated, curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
- Enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
Benefits
- Personal learning and development budget
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual leave
- Priority Pass for travel
