Senior Embedded Linux Developer

AddSecure Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading European provider of secure connectivity is looking for a Senior Embedded Linux Developer to join their team. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining embedded software for IoT solutions, ensuring robust performance and security. Candidates should have strong skills in C, embedded systems, and Linux networking. The company offers a collaborative environment with hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package, including health care and pension.

Benefits

Insurance package

Pension

25 days annual leave

Parking

Health care benefits

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C and experience developing robust embedded systems.
• Experience configuring Linux networking for stable and secure connectivity.
• Understanding of IP-based networking with multiple interfaces.
• Skills in git and modern workflows for version control.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain embedded software for Linux-based router and IoT products.
• Create automated tests and perform code reviews.
• Debug, test, and validate embedded systems.
• Work with teams to ensure software and hardware integration.

Skills

Strong proficiency in C

Experience developing embedded systems

Knowledge of Linux networking

Understanding of IP-based networking

Skills in git

Familiarity with toolchains for embedded Linux

Skills in C++ or Python

Job description

Be part of a team developing robust, future-ready embedded software for secure IoT solutions. This is a role where your expertise truly matters and where innovation and collaboration drive the work forward.

AddSecure is a leading European provider of secure IoT connectivity and end-to-ends solutions. We help customers optimize their operations, drive business value, and secure vital functions. Our business unit Smart Alarms offers secure solutions for monitored alarm transmission as well as reliable crisis communication solutions that help organizations and rescue teams to prevent and respond to an emergency.

In our development team, we collaborate to design and maintain advanced embedded Linux solutions that help our customers communicate securely and reliably. We are now looking for a Senior Embedded Linux Developer to join our team. This role offers hybrid working, typically 3 days a week in the office.

About the job

As a Senior Embedded Developer, you will serve as a subject matter expert in applications and systems software for our embedded Linux products. In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping our solutions and ensuring they are reliable, secure, and future-proof. Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining embedded software for Linux-based router and IoT products for fire and intruder alarm transmission
• Creating automated tests and performing code reviews to uphold high-quality standards.
• Debugging, testing, and validating embedded systems to ensure robust performance.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration between software and hardware components.
• Keeping up to date with emerging trends and technologies in IoT and embedded systems.

About you

You enjoy diving into new technologies and turning ideas into practical solutions. You like to drive development forward – whether it’s building new features or introducing smarter ways of working – and you’re comfortable leading technical discussions to create clarity and collaboration across the team. We also believe you bring:

• Strong proficiency in C and experience developing robust embedded systems.
• Experience configuring Linux networking to ensure stable and secure connectivity.
• In-depth understanding of IP-based networking, including multiple interfaces (Ethernet, cellular, Wi‑Fi), routing, VLANs, and VPN.
• Solid skills in git and modern collaborative workflows for version control.
• A good grasp of best practices for secure system design and implementation.
• Familiarity with toolchains and build systems for embedded Linux.
• Skills in C++ or Python (highly desirable).
• Experience managing and provisioning large fleets of devices in the field.

We offer

Our employees are our greatest asset and for us it is of great importance to build a culture where our employees thrive and want to perform. You will be part of a motivated team in an international company. In addition, we offer:

• Insurance package
• Pension
• 25 days annual leave
• Parking
• Health care benefits

We're all change makers!

If you seek a company that encourages you to be yourself and to have fun at work, where your work contributes to a safer, smarter, and more sustainable world, then AddSecure might be your destination. Join our growing international team, where each day is an opportunity to make a real difference.

Would you like to take part in our journey? Apply by attaching your CV and answering a couple of questions, we look forward to receiving your application. We work competence-based throughout the process, and this includes psychological tests, interviews, and reference taking. For this reason, we use Alva Lab's assessment methods to help us identify candidates most likely to thrive and fit the role. We conduct background checks on all our employees, and you need to be eligible to work in UK.

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