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Security Software Engineer

Canonical via Canonical
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Remote (Worldwide)
Type
Full Time
Deadline
30 Oct 2026
7 days left
Job Description
  • Security-focused software engineers embedded across product teams, contributing to the product while pushing teams to think harder about security through threat modeling, architecture reviews, static analysis and fuzzing. Depending on the role, this may include:
  • Defining, implementing and documenting new security features
  • Leading security initiatives within a product team
  • Analyzing, fixing and testing open source vulnerabilities
  • Contributing to Ubuntu and upstream projects
  • Auditing source code and integrating security tools into pipelines
  • Working on security certifications, including extending Linux cryptography for FIPS and Common Criteria compliance
  • Working with partners on CIS benchmarks and designing Ubuntu hardening automation
  • Advising other engineering teams on security best practices
  • Mandatory international travel at least twice a year, typically about one week each time
Requirements
  • Strong academic record and an undergraduate degree in computer science or a STEM field, or a convincing alternative path
  • Track record of going above and beyond
  • Solid understanding of common vulnerability types and how to fix them
  • Knowledge of modern software engineering and open source tools and methods
  • Proficiency in at least one of C, C++, Python, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby, PHP or JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Experience as a security champion and driving security within an SSDLC
  • Professional written and spoken English
  • Experience with Linux, ideally Debian or Ubuntu
  • Strong interpersonal skills, communication, accountability and self-motivation
  • Nice to have: experience with the Linux kernel
  • Nice to have: experience with security certifications (FIPS and/or Common Criteria)
  • Nice to have: experience with OVAL
  • Nice to have: knowledge of cryptographic modules such as OpenSSL and Libgcrypt, or low-level Linux crypto APIs
  • Nice to have: performance engineering experience
  • Nice to have: ability to learn quickly
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Posted10 Oct 2026
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