What Youll Actually Do
- Upstream Community Participation : Contribute to and collaborate with WirePlumber, PipeWire, and ALSA upstream communities
- Real-World Impact : Design, integrate, and ship embedded Linux audio systems that work reliably in real-world products
- Deep Technical Work : Implement and debug PipeWire + WirePlumber stacks, including ALSA, DSPs, and system-level interactions
- Customer Collaboration : Work directly with customer teams to translate requirements into robust audio architectures and solutions
- Breadth When Needed : Support adjacent areas like Bluetooth audio and Linux audio tooling when required ( pw-cli, pw-top, alsa-utils, tracing frameworks ) to diagnose and resolve issues efficiently
- Be a Technical Advisor: Explain complex audio architecture decisions to product teams, provide honest assessments of what is and isnt possible and build trust through transparent communication

What Were Looking For

Required:
- Solid hands-on experience with the Linux audio stack (PipeWire, WirePlumber, ALSA)
- Strong proficiency in C and systems-level programming




- Solid understanding of core audio concepts (latency, formats, synchronization, buffering, resampling)
- Proven ability to debug complex issues across multiple layers of a Linux system
- Comfortable working directly with customers in a consulting or support capacity
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice to Have:
- Experience with ALSA kernel driver development
- Familiarity with Rust
- Exposure to Bluetooth audio (A2DP, HFP, LE Audio)
- Basic understanding of DSP concepts , such as signal flow, filtering, and common processing blocks (e.g. echo cancellation, noise suppression, beamforming)
- Contributions to relevant open-source projects
- Experience with embedded or real-time Linux systems

What We Offer

Compensation Benefits

We offer a competitive advantages package tailored to each country in which we have employees, plus a core global benefit offering accessib

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