Audio Consultant Engineer - Linux Audio Stack (Remote/Anywhere)

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Requirements Summary

Support adjacent areas like Bluetooth audio and Linux audio tooling when required (pw-cli, pw-top, alsa-utils,

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Requirements

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Strong hands-on experience with the Linux audio stack (PipeWire, WirePlumber, ALSA)

Strong proficiency in C and systems-level programming

Solid understanding of core audio concepts (latency, formats, synchronization, buffering, resampling)

Proven ability to debug complex issues across multiple layers of a Linux system

Comfortable working directly with customers in a consulting or support capacity

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice to Have

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Experience with ALSA kernel driver development

Familiarity with Rust

Exposure to Bluetooth audio (A2DP, HFP, LE Audio)

Basic understanding of DSP concepts, such as signal flow, filtering, and common processing blocks (e.g. echo cancellation, noise suppression, beamforming)

Contributions to relevant open-source projects

Experience with embedded or real-time Linux systems

What We Offer

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We offer a competitive benefits package tailored to each country in which we have employees, plus a core global benefit offering accessible to all Collaborans. Our core benefits include:

Sabbatical/Retention of Services - after five years of continuous service

Co-working policy - support for working outside home

Wellness assessments - biannual wellbeing assessments with a trained mental health specialist

Conference attendance - we cover expenses and encourage speaking opportunities

Open source time - contribute to projects you care about

Fully remote - work where you’re most productive
Global team - engineers across Europe, Americas and Asia
No on-call rotations - this isn't support work
Sustainable pace - we're here for the long term
Flexible hours - manage your own schedule

Upstream contributions - your work shapes Linux, not just client products
Technical leadership track - path to principal engineer, subsystem expertise or technical architecture roles
Consulting track - develop deeper client relationships, lead customer engagements or shape service offerings
Mentorship opportunities - both receiving and providing guidance
Conference speaking - we support presentation submissions and provide coaching
Recognition - your contributions are public, building your professional reputation

Upstream first - we believe the best solutions benefit everyone
Transparency - open discussion about technical decisions, business constraints and project challenges
Pragmatism - perfect is the enemy of good; we ship quality code that solves real problems
Respect for expertise - we trust engineers to make technical decisions
Collaborative - we succeed by working together, internally and with the community
Sustainable pace - we're here for the marathon, not the sprint

We respect your time and provide a clear, structured process:

Application Review (within 2 weeks) - we look at your code and contributions
Initial Chat (30 min) - casual conversation about your experience and our work
Technical Interview (2 - 3h)
1. Technical Deep-Dive - discuss kernel architecture, past debugging challenges and how you approach problem-solving (no whiteboard coding)
2. Code Review Session - review real patches together, discuss trade-offs
3. Client Scenario Discussion - talk through a realistic customer situation: balancing technical debt, timeline pressure and upstream goals (we want to see your thought process, not a "right answer")
Chief Operating Officer (60 min) - meet the Chief Operating Officer, ask about day-to-day work and how Collabora works, discuss compensation and benefits.
Offer (within 1 week of final interview)

Total timeline: 3-4 weeks from application to offer

We provide feedback at every stage, and you'll always know where you stand.

We're committed to building a diverse team and inclusive environment. We encourage applications from people underrepresented in tech.

We evaluate candidates based on skills and contributions, not pedigree. If you're unsure whether you qualify, apply anyway - imposter syndrome is real and you might be exactly who we're looking for.