2023-04-13 14:47:21

Embedded Linux Firmware Engineer

Ubiquiti (Latvia), SIA
3000 - 7000 €/m Gross
Occasional remote work possibility

Job Description

Develop Linux user-space firmware for Ubiquiti networking products;

  • Collaborate with global firmware, hardware, cloud, and product teams throughout the product lifecycle;
  • Design, implement, and maintain system services, management daemons, libraries, and product business logic;
  • Develop network-facing applications using sockets, IPC mechanisms, netlink, and event-driven I/O;
  • Integrate open-source packages and third-party components into our OpenWrt-based firmware and build systems;
  • Maintain and improve existing firmware, focusing on stability, performance, security, and resource efficiency;
  • Develop interfaces between low-level platform components, device-management services, and higher-level product features;
  • Diagnose complex laboratory and field issues using logs, packet captures, tracing, core dumps, and profiling tools.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of embedded Linux software development experience using C or C++
  • Strong understanding of Linux internals, including processes, threads, memory management, filesystems, signals, and service lifecycle
  • Experience with Linux networking, sockets, IPC, netlink, epoll, and asynchronous application design
  • Solid networking fundamentals, including Ethernet, TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, routing, bridging, firewalls, and DNS/DHCP.
  • Experience with Git, Bash, cross-compilation, toolchains, and embedded build systems such as OpenWrt or Buildroot.
  • Experience with AI tools - Claude, Codex, etc.
  • Fluent in English and Lithuanian.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with OpenWrt components such as procd, ubus, UCI, rpcd, or netifd
  • Experience designing APIs, configuration systems, state machines, or management services for embedded products
  • Knowledge of Linux security, process isolation, secure update mechanisms, and application hardening
  • Experience with system performance analysis, memory-leak detection, crash analysis, and resource optimization
  • Familiarity with BSPs, bootloaders, Linux device drivers, or hardware bring-up
  • Python or Bash scripting experience and familiarity with automated testing and CI/CD systems
  • Experience maintaining or contributing to open-source software.

Company offers

  • International work environment and work with global development teams
  • Ability to deliver software that is used by millions of people across the globe
  • Opportunity to leverage and integrate modern AI tools into product development
  • Access to all Ubiquiti products
  • Medical insurance
  • Hybrid approach - office in Kaunas
  • Flexible work hours
  • A-class office with all the necessities - snacks, drinks, free lunches, free parking, etc!