Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Linux, PC, IoT
Canonical · Office Based - Beijing, China
Posted 5 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 5 days Canonical's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Canonical's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Canonical
- high 300 stale, 1 reposted of 312 open
- Hiring momentum
- 317 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
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About this role
As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Canonical, you will be responsible for planning and managing quality strategies, improving automated testing capabilities, and performing both automated and manual testing on various Ubuntu platforms. You will collaborate with project teams, identify quality bottlenecks, and suggest improvements while communicating effectively with colleagues across different time zones.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Canonical as an employer.
What you need
- Experience with the Linux desktop and related technologies
- Solid grasp of commercial Software QA practices
- Experience with common scripting languages, including Shell script, Python or JavaScript
- Excellent logic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
- Strong written and spoken communication skills in English
- Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team
Nice to have
- Ubuntu experience would be a plus
- Ideas on how to integrate commercial Software QA practices into Linux Community standards
- Comfortable with online communication and collaboration tools such as mailing lists, Mattermost, wiki
- Ability to pick up new technologies quickly
What you get
- Learning and development
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual leave
- Priority Pass for travel
- Annual health check
Worth weighing
- Office-based role in Beijing may limit remote work flexibility
- Focus on both automated and manual testing may require diverse skill sets
- No specific salary information provided
Summarised from Canonical's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Canonical on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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