Audio Consultant Engineer - Linux Audio Stack (Remote/Anywhere)
What You'll Actually Do
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Upstream & Community Participation : Contribute to and collaborate with WirePlumber, PipeWire, and ALSA upstream communities
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Real-World Impact : Design, integrate, and ship embedded Linux audio systems that work reliably in real-world products
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Deep Technical Work : Implement and debug PipeWire + WirePlumber stacks, including ALSA, DSPs, and system-level interactions
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Customer Collabora tion : Work directly with customer teams to translate requirements into robust audio architectures and solutions
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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
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Be a Technical Advisor: Explain complex audio architecture decisions to product teams, provide honest assessments of what is and isn't possible and build trust through transparent communication
What We're Looking For
Required:
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Strong hands-on experience with the Linux audio stack (PipeWire, WirePlumber, ALSA)
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Strong proficiency in C and systems-level programming
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Solid understanding of core audio concepts (latency, formats, synchronization, buffering, resampling)
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Proven ability to debug complex issues across multiple layers of a Linux system
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Comfortable working directly with customers in a consulting or support capacity
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Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Nice to Have:
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Experience with ALSA kernel driver development
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Familiarity with Rust
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Exposure to Bluetooth audio (A2DP, HFP, LE Audio)
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Basic understanding of DSP concepts , such as signal flow, filtering, and common processing blocks (e.g. echo cancellation, noise suppression, beamforming)
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Contributions to relevant open-source projects
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Experience with embedded or real-time Linux systems
What We Offer
Compensation & Benefits
We offer a competitive benefits package tailored to each country in which we have employees, plus a core global benefit offering accessible to all Collabora ns. Our core benefits include:
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Competitive salary based on experience and location
- Office setup budget
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Sabbatical/Retention of Services - after five years of continuous service
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Co-working policy - support for working outside home
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Wellness assessments - biannual wellbeing assessments with a trained mental health specialist
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Conference attendance -we cover expenses and encourage speaking opportunities
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Open source time - contribute to projects you care about
Work Environment
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Fully remote - work where you’re most productive
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Global team - engineers across Europe, Americas and Asia
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No on-call rotations - this isn't support work
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Sustainable pace - we're here for the long term
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Flexible hours - manage your own schedule
Growth & Impact
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Upstream contributions - your work shapes Linux, not just client products
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Technical leadership track - path to principal engineer, subsystem expertise or technical architecture roles
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Consulting track - develop deeper client relationships, lead customer engagements or shape service offerings
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Mentorship opportunities - both receiving and providing guidance
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Conference speaking - we support presentation submissions and provide coaching
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Recognition - your contributions are public, building your professional reputation
Culture & Values
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Upstream first - we believe the best solutions benefit everyone
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Transparency - open discussion about technical decisions, business constraints and project challenges
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Pragmatism - perfect is the enemy of good; we ship quality code that solves real problems
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Respect for expertise - we trust engineers to make technical decisions
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Collabora tive - we succeed by working together, internally and with the community
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Sustainable pace - we're here for the marathon, not the sprint
Our Interview Process
We respect your time and pr