Senior Real-time Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu Linux at Canonical Nigeria

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Posted 3 years ago

Canonical is inviting credible applicants who are willing to partake in its ongoing recruitment to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Real-time Kernel Engineer – Ubuntu Linux

Location: Lagos

About Canonical: Canonical deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means ‘humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world’s biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world’s most productive developers.

Job Requirements

Earned a Bachelor’s (or equivalent University level) Degree, preferably in a Technology field
You love technology and working with brilliant people
Strong grasp of real-time as a system of distinct components with a keen interest in tuning to achieve maximum performance
Able to function and communicate effectively as part of a globally distributed team
Communicate effectively in English, both written and oral
Demonstrated ability to present oneself in a professional manner when interacting with colleagues, business partners, and the open source community
Demonstrated expertise in working in operating system kernel internals in a real-time environment, Linux or other RTOS
Direct experience with the PREEMPT_RT patchset while not required would be highly regarded
Significant programming experience in C, with Python and Bash scripting also highly regarded
Solid understanding of device drivers, BSP’s, and other low level system engineering.