Job Description

About the Role
Audio Consultant Engineer – Linux Audio Stack
Location:
Worldwide (
Remote
/Anywhere)
Work Arrangement:
Fully
Remote
Employment Type:
Full-time
What You'll Actually Do
Upstream & Community Participation
: Contribute to and collaborate with
WirePlumber, PipeWire, and ALSA upstream communities
Real-World Impact
: Design, integrate, and ship
embedded Linux audio systems
that work reliably in real-world products
Deep Technical Work
: Implement and debug
PipeWire + WirePlumber
stacks, including ALSA, DSPs, and system-level interactions
Customer Collaboration
: Work directly with customer teams to
translate requirements into robust audio architectures and solutions
Breadth When Needed
: Support adjacent areas like
Bluetooth audio and Linux audio tooling
when required (
pw-cli, pw-top, alsa-utils, tracing frameworks
) to diagnose and resolve issues efficiently
Be a Technical Advisor:
Explain complex audio architecture decisions to product teams, provide honest assessments of what is and isn't possible and build trust through transparent communication
What We're Looking For
Required:
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:
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
Compensation & Benefits
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:
Competitive salary
based on experience and location
Office
setup budget
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
Work Environment
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
Growth & Impact
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
Culture & Values
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