Remote Open Source Software Developer

Salary: £60,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Track record of experience in software development is essential
• Knowledge of open source development methodologies and good standing in the open source community
• Good English language skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work and communicate in an online distributed environment
• Existing familiarity with one or more of our market verticals is preferable
• BS/BA or experience in the role of Engineer
• Demonstrable contributions to components in open source projects
• Preferable experience with direct development on one or more of WebKit, Blink, GStreamer, FFMPEG, libav, X11, wayland/weston, Jenkins, OBS, lava, Linux kernel/device drivers, distribution integration, or porting
• Self-learning skills to gain sufficient knowledge of our services, business model, project delivery life cycle, and related technical domains

Responsibilities:

• Discuss technology with clients and represent us at conferences and trade shows to demonstrate and promote our leadership in the open source arena
• Analyse client problems and design solutions leveraging open source technologies and our technical expertise
• Define and scope client projects in collaboration with the delivery team
• Contribute publicly to open source projects to ensure our continuing technical leadership
• Gain working knowledge of customers products, applications, technical and business strengths, and target markets
• Understand client needs and reconcile time constraints, available technologies and resources, and open source best practices

Technologies:

• Embedded
• Jenkins
• Linux
• Mobile
• Web

More:

We are a software consultancy that brings companies and the open source community together. We combine years of open source software leadership with deep technical expertise in system integration and architecture, graphics, multimedia, web engines, and communications across market verticals including mobile, IVI/automotive, set-top box/smart TV, and specialized embedded applications. We have a unique business model focused on helping enterprises leverage open source software in their solutions, and we work with notable industry-leading companies across automotive, aerospace, handset mobile, and many other sectors. This is a remote opportunity and we are looking to build our geographically distributed engineering team.

last updated 40 week of 2026