Overview
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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company operates with a distributed model and relatively few office-based roles, with teams meeting two to four times per year in person in locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.
The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
This is a general track for Senior+ (Senior / Staff / Principal) Engineers in any team at Canonical. After the first round of interviews we will establish which teams might be an excellent fit, and progress your application with them.
As a Senior+ Engineer, you will contribute through high-quality code, technical leadership, team motivation and direction, exceptional design, and crisp documentation. You will partner with other Engineering leaders to take joint responsibility for outcomes at team, department and company levels.
Role and responsibilities
* Drive architecture, design and evolution of high-impact open source software across the stack, from kernel and system software to language runtimes and cloud automation.
* Coding in Golang, Rust, Python, C / C++ or Typescript / React.
* Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team.
* Mentor and advise colleagues in their career progression.
* Demonstrate technical leadership within Canonical and the open-source communities.
* Debug issues and produce high-quality code and documentation to make it the best of its kind.
* Contribute to technical documentation with an aim to be best-in-class.
* Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events.
What we are looking for
* An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
* Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
* Drive and a proven track record of going above-and-beyond expectations.
* Technical leadership and ability to motivate, direct and pace a team.
* Deep experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python or C.
* Conscientiousness, attention to detail, and a focus on performance.
* Excellent communication skills in professional written and spoken English.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
* Ability to travel twice a year for company events (up to two weeks each).
Nice-to-have skills
Depending on your eventual team, you might also bring experience with:
* Container technologies such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes.
* Highly concurrent, distributed systems.
* Performance engineering – from kernel to web – benchmarks and optimization.
* Software security – fuzzing, threat models, analysis, and audit.
* Build systems and toolchains, including cross-compilation.
* Public clouds or OpenStack.
* Debian / Ubuntu packaging.
* Systems programming or scalable web services.
* Quality and test engineering.
* Web or Flutter front-end experience.
* REST and gRPC API experience.
* SQL and NoSQL data store expertise.
What we offer you
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. Compensation is reviewed annually (and more often for graduates and associates). In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits reflecting our values and global fairness.
* Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
* Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
* Annual compensation review.
* Recognition rewards.
* Annual holiday leave.
* Maternity and paternity leave.
* Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
* Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
* Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, we enable AI, IoT and the cloud through open source innovation. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. We recruit globally and set a high standard for people joining the company.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Software Development
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