Taipei, Taiwan Yesterday Not disclosed
IoT Linux Jobs
The Internet of Things runs predominantly on Linux, from industrial sensors and edge gateways to smart home devices and connected vehicles. IoT Linux engineering combines embedded systems expertise with cloud connectivity, security hardening, and remote device management. It is one of the fastest-growing areas of embedded Linux employment.
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 4d ago Not disclosed
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 4d ago Not disclosed
El Segundo, California, United States 5d ago $183k – $235k
Ukraine May 25 Not disclosed
Seattle, Washington, United States May 21 $191k – $253k
Remote, United States May 21 $192k – $192k
Puerto Varas, Los Lagos, Chile May 21 Not disclosed
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Irvine, California, United States May 21 Not disclosed
Kyiv, Ukraine May 21 Not disclosed
Baltimore, Maryland, United States May 21 Not disclosed
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India May 21 Not disclosed
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia May 21 Not disclosed
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British Columbia, Canada May 21 Not disclosed
United States May 21 $140k – $190k
Saratoga, California, United States May 21 Not disclosed
Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom May 21 Not disclosed
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Los Angeles, California, United States May 21 Not disclosed
Berlin, Germany May 21 Not disclosed
Remote, United States May 21 Not disclosed
Frequently Asked Questions
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IoT devices run a wide range of Linux-based systems: Yocto-built custom distributions for resource-constrained hardware, OpenWrt for networking devices, Buildroot images for simple appliances, Ubuntu Core (snap-based, fully transactionally updated) for connected devices, and Raspberry Pi OS for prototyping and mid-range IoT products. The choice depends on hardware constraints and update requirements.
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IoT Linux engineers work with MQTT (the dominant IoT messaging protocol), CoAP (constrained application protocol for very small devices), Modbus and OPC-UA (industrial protocols), BLE and Zigbee (short-range wireless), LTE-M/NB-IoT (cellular IoT), AMQP, and cloud IoT platforms including AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub, and Google Cloud IoT. Protocol translation at edge gateways is a common task.
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IoT Linux security challenges include secure boot chain implementation (preventing firmware tampering), read-only root filesystem (preventing in-field modification), over-the-air (OTA) update security and rollback capability, certificate management for device identity, minimising attack surface (removing unused packages and services), secure element integration, and managing security patches across millions of devices in the field.
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Edge computing processes data close to where it is generated (IoT devices) rather than sending everything to a central cloud. Edge Linux gateways run workloads that require low latency, offline operation, or data sovereignty. Technologies include AWS Greengrass, Azure IoT Edge, and K3s (lightweight Kubernetes for edge). IoT Linux engineers increasingly need containerisation skills for edge deployments alongside traditional embedded knowledge.