Top Remote Linux Jobs in Washington, DC

Lead and hands-on contribute to embedded Linux platform development: bootloader, kernel, device trees, root filesystem, build/update systems, board bring-up, debugging, releases, and cross-team coordination. Provide technical leadership, plan work, delegate, and grow into formal management.

Owner of the embedded Linux platform on NVIDIA Jetson-based edge systems. Integrate and maintain ROS2 sensor nodes, develop drivers, OTA pipelines, on-device AI inference (TensorRT/CUDA), networking and secure connectivity, ensure reliability in maritime environments, and triage field issues while collaborating across hardware, cloud, and AI teams.

Join Canonical's Kernel Team as a Junior Linux Kernel Engineer to work on Linux kernel development for Ubuntu, collaborating on projects ranging from security hardening to driver integration.

Build and maintain Python tools for web scraping, automation, integrations (Airbnb, marketplaces), ad automation, chatbots (Chatwoot), workflow automation (Spiffworkflow), automated tests, and data analysis.

Develop a quest gameplay engine for game server and mobile apps and build a visual no-code quest editor. Collaborate in one-week Scrum sprints, design software architecture, and use C++/Qt, JavaScript/TypeScript, git, and Linux.

Develop and maintain mobile app and no-code quest editor, implement gameplay engine and server, design software architecture, and collaborate in one-week Scrum sprints using C++, Qt, QML, MySQL, and AI-assisted tools.

Part-time full‑stack developer to maintain and extend a global Laravel backend and modern frontend (Angular/React/Vue). Responsibilities include architecture, DevOps tasks, code reviews, using MySQL, PHP/JavaScript/TypeScript, GitLab workflows, and AI-assisted coding tools. Work in one-week Scrum sprints, ~10+ hours/week, equity-based compensation; applicant must hold a full‑time job.

Develop frontend features for mobile/web: quest storefront, user and creator dashboards, admin tools, marketing/sales features, and third-party integrations. Work in one-week Scrum sprints, contribute to architecture, use git/GitLab and AI-assisted coding tools, and collaborate on product development.

Design, implement, and manage large-scale Linux-based systems with strong security and compliance. Maintain, patch, and troubleshoot Linux environments, perform backups and recovery, automate tasks, participate in capacity planning and performance tuning, and manage disaster recovery. Provide technical leadership, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with cross-functional IT teams to evaluate and adopt new technologies.

Own and architect Linux kernel-space enforcement for an identity security platform using eBPF and BPF LSM hooks. Build kernel and userspace enforcement boundary, optimize syscall hot paths, extend enforcement to containers and Kubernetes, ensure portability across kernel versions, collaborate on shared policy/backend, mentor engineers, and drive production-grade, low-latency security enforcement.

Develop and maintain Ubegos frontend products: mobile/web quest experiences, user and creator dashboards, admin panel, marketing features, and third-party integrations. Work in one-week Scrum sprints, perform code reviews, contribute to software architecture, and use modern frontend frameworks, relational databases, and AI-assisted coding tools.