Sr Linux Application Developer
- Ottawa, ON
- Hybrid
- Posted Aug 24, 2026
- 1 position
$110,000–$120,000 / year
Opens an external site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Senior · 5+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
Design and deliver resilient multi-node systems and software update frameworks for mission-critical Linux environments. Contribute to the StarlingX open-source project and leverage AI-assisted tools to improve code quality and development velocity.
Job details
About Wind River Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone. The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world. About the Team The Wind River Cloud team is building a private cloud platform purpose-built for mission-critical enterprise, telecom and 5G applications, and we are leading contributors to the Open Source StarlingX cloud native project. The Software Management team delivers robust frameworks that orchestrate the software update lifecycle across geographically distributed Linux environments, including major release upgrades and rollbacks, and patch updates. The frameworks include applications, state management, REST APIs and command line interfaces that span the software lifecycle. Designed for distributed systems supporting critical workloads, the applications support a smooth software update experience, with resilience and fault tolerance to ensure that updates are recoverable and the system remains highly available. As the cloud architecture evolves, the team continues to adopt modern Kubernetes operators and cloud-native best practices to manage update configuration at scale. The right candidate will have proven software engineering skills to build resilient distributed systems for critical workloads. They bring a solid understanding of Linux processes and lifecycle, high availability, and recovery. Experience with Kubernetes operators is a huge plus! We're looking for someone who thrives on teamwork, and provides thought leadership to solve complex problems. We offer a strong team engineering culture, and excellent tools for analysis, testing and automation, including AI. Responsibilities: · Work with technology such as Kubernetes, operators, Helm, Openstack and other projects. · Deliver upgrades to Linux based operating systems · Design and deliver resilient and production quality multi-node systems, using Python primarily and GoLang · Prioritize high performance and availability in software solutions · Actively contribute to StarlingX, an exciting and growing open-source project · Diagnose issues related to the Unified Software Management (USM) and patch frameworks and configuration management · Drive technical improvements and quality in maintenance updates to active code streams · Manage reliable host and service configuration using Linux best practices · Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, analysis, and debugging assistants) to improve code quality and development velocity. Qualifications/Skills: · Bachelor’s / master’s degree in computer science or related field · 5+ years of professional software engineering experience · Programming experience with Python · Experience with Linux software development · Strong analytical and debugging skills · Exceptional team player who works well in collaborative environments · Exposure to Go, C/C++, Kubernetes operators would be an asset · Experience with ostree would be an asset This role is compensation range is between $110,000 to $120,000 CAD annual plus annual incentive plan bonus. Compensation is determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. Employees in this role are also eligible for the following benefits in accordance with the terms of the Company's plans: health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, vacation time, eligibility to enroll in RRSP, and paid holidays. BENEFITS - Canada * Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work. * Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance. * Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage. * Matching RRSP. * Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance. * Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind [https://unmind.com/?locale=en_us]. * Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars. APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE: Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Wind River, we strictly adhere to all applicable data privacy laws. Please review Wind River's Applicant Privacy Notice, which can be found here [https://www.windriver.com/company/terms/applicant-privacy]. #LI-MG1 “Wind River is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law” Privacy Notice - Active Candidates: https://www.aptiv.com/privacy-notice-active-candidates [https://www.aptiv.com/privacy-notice-active-candidates] Aptiv is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
What you’ll do
Design and deliver resilient multi-node systems and software update frameworks for mission-critical Linux environments. Contribute to the StarlingX open-source project and leverage AI-assisted tools to improve code quality and development velocity.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science and over 5 years of professional software engineering experience. Proficiency in Python and Linux software development is essential, with Go and Kubernetes experience being a strong asset.
Benefits
• Health Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Life Insurance • Vacation Time • RRSP Matching • Paid Holidays • Short-term Disability Coverage • Long-term Disability Coverage • Employee Assistance Program • Mental Well-being Programs • LinkedIn Learning Subscription
Listed skills
- Kubernetes · Preferred
- Go · Preferred
- Linux · Preferred
- Python · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Python
- GoLang
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Helm
- Openstack
- Distributed Systems
- Kubernetes Operators
- Ostree
- C/C++
- Software Lifecycle Management
- Debugging
Job areas
- Software
- Technology
- Engineering
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