Open Source Networking Software Engineer - ToR Switch / SmartNIC / DPU

Software has moved to play a central role in network technology. From routing implementations like Bird and FRR to overlay networking with OVN/OVS and Cilium, the relationship between network innovation and software continues to deepen. Canonical is building teams to bring the best open source networking software to market in a well-integrated and opinionated stack that brings hyperscaler innovation to end users and enterprise customers.

We work with networking silicon providers to optimize Ubuntu and related applications for their ASICs, boards and appliances. Our goal is a complete open source stack for data center networking, from bare metal through virtualization, container and serverless, and to address IoT networking systematically.

You will have a strong chance of success if you are an outstanding software engineer, passionate about networking, with a special interest in hardware ASIC acceleration and software innovation and control. We value ...