over 1 year ago
Remote, WorldwideEntry Level / Mid Level / Senior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Define, implement, and document new security features.
- Lead security-oriented thinking within product engineering teams.
- Analyze, fix, and test vulnerabilities in Canonical and open-source software.
- Contribute to Ubuntu and upstream projects.
- Audit and analyze source code for vulnerabilities.
- Integrate security tools into infrastructure, pipelines, and processes.
- Achieve and retain security certifications.
- Extend Linux cryptographic components such as OpenSSL and Libgcrypt for compliance requirements.
- Develop CIS benchmarks with external partners.
- Design and develop hardening automation for Ubuntu.
- Monitor new developments in the security industry.
- Develop, test, and maintain software capabilities.
- Provide guidance and support to other engineering teams.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
- Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
- Thorough understanding of common security vulnerability categories and modern techniques for finding and fixing them.
- Familiarity with open-source development tools and methodologies.
- Skill in one or more of C, Python, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby, or PHP.
- Experience as a security champion and driving security within a wider software development lifecycle process.
- Experience with Linux, preferably Debian or Ubuntu.
- Professional written and spoken English.
- Ability to travel twice a year for company events lasting up to two weeks.
- Optional qualifications include Linux Kernel experience, security certification knowledge, FIPS or Common Criteria experience, OVAL familiarity, low-level Linux cryptography API knowledge, and performance engineering experience.
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunities to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
- Ability to travel twice a year for company events lasting up to two weeks
About Canonical
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides open source security, support and services. Our portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone.