Senior Bootloader

14 hours ago

Muscat, Muscat, Oman Canonical Full time

About Canonical

Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced software engineer passionate about Linux systems, hardware architectures, and the open source community to join the Ubuntu Foundations Engineering team. As a Senior Bootloader, you will work on the architecture, design and development of core components involved in the boot and startup of the Ubuntu Distribution.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate proactively with a distributed team to define and shape the boot architecture of Ubuntu.
  • Work with teams focused on Ubuntu for server, desktop, IoT and clouds to ensure architecture decisions improve the overall performance and experience of Ubuntu.
  • 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.

Valued Skills and Approach

  • 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.
  • A love of technology and working with brilliant people.
  • Motivated, curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
  • A 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.

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